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Sixth (1 December 2014 – 30 November 2015) and Seventh (1 December 2015 – 30 November 2016) Annual Reports to Parliament on the Application of Protocols 19 and 21 to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the Union (TFEU) in Relation to EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Matters Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty July 2017 Cm 9488
Sixth (1 December 2014 – 30 November 2015) and Seventh (1 December 2015 – 30 November 2016) Annual Reports to Parliament on the Application of Protocols 19 and 21 to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the Union (TFEU) in Relation to EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Matters Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty July 2017 Cm 9488
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Contents The JHA Opt-in Protocol and Schengen Opt-out Protocol 6
Government commitments on Parliamentary scrutiny of the JHA Opt-in
6
Code of Practice 7
JHA opt-in decisions and Schengen opt-out decisions from the period 1 December 2014 – 30 November 2015
7
JHA opt-in decisions and Schengen opt-out decisions from the period 1 December 2015 – 30 November 2016
8
Sixth Report - Opt-in Decisions 1 December 2014 – 30 November 2015
11
Seventh Report - Opt-in Decisions 1 December 2015 – 30 November 2016
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Forthcoming opt-in decisions 64
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Sixth (1 December 2014 – 30 November 2015) and Seventh (1 December 2015 – 30 November 2016) Annual Reports to Parliament on the Application of Protocols 19 and 21 to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the Union (TFEU) in Relation to EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Matters The JHA Opt-in Protocol and Schengen Opt-out Protocol
The UK’s participation in EU JHA measures is principally governed by Protocols 19 (Schengen opt-out) and 21 (JHA opt-in) to the TEU and the TFEU, which allow the UK to choose whether to participate in such measures. A decision to opt into a new legislative proposal under Protocol 21 must be communicated in writing to the President of the Council within three months of the date on which the final language version of the proposal is published by the Council. The Government does not, however, need to inform the Council if it decides not to opt into a legislative proposal. Where the proposed measure builds on part of the Schengen acquis in which the UK participates, the UK has three months to opt out and, again, notify the President of the Council of that decision.
The Sixth Report covers decisions taken under the two protocols over the period 1 December 2014 – 30 November 2015. The Seventh Report covers decisions taken under the two protocols over the period 1 December 2015 – 30 November 2016. Both reports include decisions made by both this Government and previous governments.
Government commitments on Parliamentary scrutiny of the JHA Opt-in
On 9 June 2008, Baroness Ashton, then Leader of the House of Lords, outlined in a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) various commitments to enhance Parliamentary scrutiny of JHA opt-in decisions. This also included the commitment to provide an annual report on decisions made in relation to the JHA opt-in under Protocol 21 and Schengen opt-out under Protocol 19. Both Protocols give the UK the right to choose whether or not to participate in certain JHA new measures. The first annual report to Parliament on the Application of Protocols 19 and 21 to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the Union (TFEU) in relation to EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) matters was submitted in January 2011. This covered the period 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010. The second, third, fourth and fifth annual reports were submitted in January 2012, April 2013, January 2014 and February 2015 respectively. These reports were each preceded by a mid-year update. In his WMS on 20 January 2011, the Minister for Europe outlined the Coalition Government’s intention to continue to honour the commitments made by Baroness Ashton and to further strengthen Parliamentary scrutiny of JHA opt-in decisions. This included a commitment to deposit a WMS in Parliament on all opt-in decisions or to make an oral statement where appropriate and necessary; reiterated the existing right of the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee and House of Lords European Union Select Committee (‘the Committees’) to call a debate on an amendable motion on any opt-in decision; and, where there is strong Parliamentary interest, the Government expressed its willingness to set aside Government time for
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a debate in both Houses on its proposed approach (a “Lidington debate”). All of these commitments apply equally to the Schengen Opt-out Protocol. Where the UK has not opted in within the initial three month window, it is open to the Government to indicate its wish to be bound by measures after they have been adopted by the participating Member States. In such cases it will inform the Committees of its intention to do so. The Committees will have an opportunity to offer views on this. The Government will also consider offering a debate on Government time on a post adoption opt-in decision if it is likely to attract significant Parliamentary interest. Code of Practice Baroness Ashton’s statement also included a commitment to produce a Code of Practice setting out the Government’s commitment to effective scrutiny of opt-in decisions. The Code, which includes the commitments the Government made in January 2011 to further enhance scrutiny arrangements, was published in May 2013 and has now been included in the cross-Government scrutiny guidance and is also available on the JHA opt-in webpage at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jha-opt-in-and-schengen-opt-out-protocols--3 Sixth Report - JHA opt-in decisions and Schengen opt-out decisions from the period 1 December 2014 – 30 November 2015 The table in the Annex A presents all JHA opt-in decisions and Schengen opt-out decisions taken from 1 December 2014 until 30 November 2015. In that period, the two governments have taken decisions on UK participation in 23 EU JHA legislative proposals. The UK has decided to opt in under the JHA opt-in Protocol in 11 cases and has decided not to opt in in 13 cases (this includes one decision on an international agreement where the UK opted into one set of JHA provisions in the measure, and did not opt into another). The Government has not asserted the Schengen opt-out to any proposals during that period. It is worth noting that the lead on these proposals falls to a wide range of Departments. Key opt-in decisions made by the Government Decisions of particular prominence in this period included Council Decisions on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism and its Additional Protocol, and Council Decisions establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection – one for the benefit of Greece and Italy, and another for the benefit of Greece, Italy and Hungary. The Commission proposed Council Decisions on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism and its Additional Protocol. These Decisions authorised the EU to sign the Convention, which requires acceding states to criminalise various terrorism-related activities under their domestic laws, and its Additional Protocol, which aims to set a minimum standard for criminalisation of recruitment to and receipt of training for terrorism and the act of travelling abroad for the purpose of terrorism. While the Government considers that there is value in ratifying the Convention and its
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Additional Protocol, it considers that this is a matter for Member States. Therefore the Government did not opt into these proposals and has signed both the Convention and the Additional Protocol in its own right. The Commission proposed Council Decisions establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection – one for the benefit of Greece and Italy; and another for the benefit of Greece, Italy and Hungary. These Decisions introduced temporary distribution schemes for persons in clear need of international protection to relieve pressure on the asylum systems of Italy, Greece and Hungary as frontline Member States, while the EU is facing increased migratory pressures. The Government does not support relocation as it is the wrong response to the migratory pressures the EU faces - it undermines the important principle that asylum should be claimed in the first safe country and does not address the causes of illegal migration. Therefore the Government did not opt in to these proposals. Seventh Report - JHA opt-in decisions and Schengen opt-out decisions from the period 1 December 2015 – 30 November 2016 The table in the Annex B presents all JHA opt-in decisions and Schengen opt-out decisions taken from 1 December 2015 until 30 November 2016. In that period, decisions have been taken on UK participation in 36 EU JHA legislative proposals. The UK has decided to opt in under the JHA opt-in Protocol in 12 cases and has decided not to opt in in 24 cases. The Government has not asserted the Schengen opt-out to any proposals during that period. These opt-in decisions are without prejudice to discussions on the UK’s future relationship with the EU. The UK’s relationship with the EU will change as a result of leaving the EU, however, the UK retains the rights and obligations of membership of the EU whilst we remain a member. Key opt-in decisions made by the Government Decisions of particular prominence last year included: • Proposal for a Directive on combating terrorism – the proposal intended to
set minimum standards for criminalising certain acts as terrorist offences. The Government supports Member States complying with their international obligations in this area, but UK legislation was already substantially compliant with the proposals, and the Government was opposed to being limited in our ability to act independently in the counter-terrorism field in the future. The Government therefore decided not to opt in.
• Proposal for a Directive as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Record Information System (ECRIS). ECRIS allows UK law enforcement agencies to seek the previous convictions of EU nationals involved in an investigation or prosecution. This proposal seeks to develop ECRIS in relation to third country nationals, and to link fingerprints to criminal convictions so criminals cannot hide their identity. The Government decided to opt in to expand the information law enforcement can access about foreign nationals who have offended in the UK.
• Proposal for a Regulation establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection (Dublin IV) and proposal for a Regulation on the European Union Asylum Agency (EUAA). The proposed Dublin IV Regulation aims to govern the process of deciding which member state is responsible for
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deciding an asylum claim and streamline the transfer process. The Regulation also binds member states to participate in a quota based distribution system. The Government does not support relocation as we believe it is the wrong response to the migratory pressures the EU faces. It undermines the important principle that asylum should be claimed in the first safe country in the region and does not address the causes of illegal migration. Where protection cannot be provided in the region of origin, we believe resettlement direct from the region is the right approach. The proposed EUAA would replace the existing European Asylum Support Office and aim to promote the implementation and functioning of the Common European Asylum System. The Government considers that the functioning of the asylum system is a sovereign matter. The Government did not opt in to either measure.
• Proposal for a Regulation on the establishment of EURODAC for the comparison of fingerprints for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person (recast). This Regulation will govern the operation of the EURODAC fingerprint database. EURODAC will be expanded to increase the categories of fingerprints recorded, to record facial images and biographical data, to increase the length of time data can be stored and to provide better data sharing procedures between Member States. These changes will strengthen the UK’s ability to control illegal migration, prevent multiple asylum applications across member States, and protect the UK’s security through data sharing with law enforcement agencies. The Government therefore decided to opt in to this measure.
• Regulation on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL). The UK did not opt in when the proposal was first published because of concerns that the draft Regulation (1) would have interfered with the operational independence of UK policing; and (2) that it would have increased the UK’s obligation to provide data to Europol, even where such provision would conflict with national security, or endanger ongoing investigations or an individual’s safety. The new Europol Regulation was adopted on 11 May 2016. The final agreed text addresses these concerns. The Government values the role of Europol in helping UK law enforcement coordinate cross border organised crime investigations. The Government made a request to the Commission on 16 December 2016 for the UK to participate in this Regulation. The Commission adopted a Decision on 6 March 2017 confirming the UK’s participation in the Regulation. The Regulation will come into force on 1 May 2017.
• Proposal for the recast of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 (the Brussels IIa Regulation) concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility. The UK decided to opt in to this proposal because the UK already applies the current Regulation to the benefit of UK citizens, including children, in cross-border families, and the Government wanted to avoid the risk that, if the new Regulation comes into force before the UK’s EU exit, the existing Regulation would no longer apply to the UK because it might be deemed inoperable. Secondly, even after a UK exit the Regulation will affect UK citizens, principally in other Member States, and it is in the UK’s interests to influence the negotiations. As a family justice measure, this proposal must be agreed by unanimity in the Council.
The table in Annex C provides a list of forthcoming opt-in decisions.
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Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Secretary of State for the Home Department
11
Sixt
h Re
port
- O
pt-in
Dec
isio
ns 1
Dec
embe
r 201
4- 3
0 N
ovem
ber 2
015
Pr
opos
al
Deci
sion
-mak
ing
proc
ess
1
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
auth
oris
ing
Mem
ber S
tate
s to
ratif
y,
in th
e in
tere
st o
f the
Eu
rope
an U
nion
, the
Pr
otoc
ol o
f 201
4 to
the
Forc
ed L
abou
r C
onve
ntio
n, 1
930,
of t
he
Inte
rnat
iona
l Lab
our
Org
anis
atio
n w
ith re
gard
to
mat
ters
rela
ted
to
judi
cial
co-
oper
atio
n in
cr
imin
al m
atte
rs
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 12
/09/
2014
Th
e C
omm
issi
on p
ropo
sed
that
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
ns s
houl
d be
ad
opte
d to
aut
horis
e M
embe
r Sta
tes
to ra
tify
a Pr
otoc
ol to
the
ILO
Fo
rced
Lab
our C
onve
ntio
n, in
the
inte
rest
of t
he E
urop
ean
Uni
on,
with
rega
rd to
mat
ters
rela
ted
to ju
dici
al c
oope
ratio
n in
crim
inal
m
atte
rs a
nd w
ith re
gard
to m
atte
rs re
late
d to
soc
ial p
olic
y. T
he
Com
mis
sion
con
side
red
that
the
EU h
ad e
xclu
sive
com
pete
nce
on
the
basi
s of
exi
stin
g EU
legi
slat
ion
in th
e ar
ea c
over
ed b
y th
e Pr
otoc
ol. T
he C
omm
issi
on c
onsi
der t
hat w
here
ther
e is
exc
lusi
ve
EU c
ompe
tenc
e ar
isin
g fro
m u
nder
lyin
g le
gisl
atio
n, a
nd w
here
the
UK
parti
cipa
tes
in th
e un
derly
ing
legi
slat
ion,
the
UK'
s JH
A op
t-in
does
not
app
ly.
The
Coa
litio
n G
over
nmen
t did
not
agr
ee th
at th
e E
U h
as a
ny
excl
usiv
e co
mpe
tenc
e in
the
area
cov
ered
by
the
Prot
ocol
. Whi
le
ther
e ar
e ex
istin
g EU
min
imum
sta
ndar
ds m
easu
res
in th
is a
rea,
m
inim
um s
tand
ards
are
not
com
mon
rule
s an
d ar
e th
eref
ore
inca
pabl
e of
gen
erat
ing
excl
usiv
e ex
tern
al E
U c
ompe
tenc
e in
ac
cord
ance
with
Arti
cle
3(2)
TFE
U.
The
Coa
litio
n G
over
nmen
t ac
cept
ed th
at th
ere
is s
hare
d co
mpe
tenc
e in
this
are
a an
d it
is
ther
efor
e fo
r the
Cou
ncil
to d
ecid
e w
heth
er to
aut
horis
e M
embe
r St
ates
to s
ign
on b
ehal
f of t
he E
U. T
he C
oalit
ion
Gov
ernm
ent
cons
ider
ed th
at E
U a
ctio
n w
as u
nnec
essa
ry a
nd th
eref
ore
deci
ded
not t
o op
t in
to th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
cove
ring
mat
ters
rela
ted
to
judi
cial
co-
oper
atio
n.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
11/1
2/20
14
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
16/0
9/20
14
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
30
/09/
2014
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
07
/01/
2015
Ref.
1315
7/14
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
82(
2) a
nd
218(
6)(a
)(v)
TFE
U
12
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
Th
e ad
opte
d D
ecis
ion
mad
e no
refe
renc
e to
the
UK'
s de
cisi
on n
ot
to o
pt-in
. The
UK
laid
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent o
n ad
optio
n of
the
Dec
isio
n cl
arify
ing
that
the
UK
did
not o
pt in
to th
e D
ecis
ion.
2 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n au
thor
isin
g Au
stria
, Bel
gium
and
Po
land
to ra
tify,
or
acce
de to
, the
Bud
apes
t C
onve
ntio
n on
the
Con
tract
for t
he
Car
riage
of G
oods
by
Inla
nd W
ater
way
s (C
MN
I)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 18
/12/
2014
Th
e C
omm
issi
on c
onsi
dere
d th
at th
e EU
had
exc
lusi
ve c
ompe
tenc
e on
the
basi
s of
exi
stin
g EU
legi
slat
ion
in th
e ar
ea c
over
ed b
y th
e Pr
otoc
ol. T
he C
omm
issi
on c
onsi
der t
hat w
here
ther
e is
exc
lusi
ve
EU c
ompe
tenc
e ar
isin
g fro
m u
nder
lyin
g le
gisl
atio
n, a
nd w
here
the
UK
parti
cipa
tes
in th
e un
derly
ing
legi
slat
ion,
the
UK'
s JH
A op
t-in
does
not
app
ly. T
he C
oalit
ion
Gov
ernm
ent's
vie
w w
as th
at w
here
a
new
pro
posa
l is
mad
e pu
rsua
nt to
Titl
e V,
the
UK'
s op
t-in
is
trigg
ered
. The
UK
soug
ht a
n am
endm
ent t
o th
e re
leva
nt w
ordi
ng o
f a
reci
tal i
n th
e pr
opos
ed C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
to e
nsur
e it
did
not
prec
lude
our
righ
t to
opt-i
n.
The
UK
is n
ot a
par
ty to
the
Buda
pest
Con
vent
ion
and
has
no
cros
s-bo
rder
exc
hang
e of
goo
ds w
ithin
EU
inla
nd w
ater
way
s. T
he
UK
had
prev
ious
ly in
dica
ted,
as
had
the
Rep
ublic
of I
rela
nd, t
hat
ther
e is
no
com
mer
cial
car
riage
of g
oods
by
inla
nd w
ater
way
s be
twee
n th
e tw
o an
d so
ther
e is
no
impa
ct o
n th
e U
K. N
onet
hele
ss,
it w
as th
ough
t tha
t thi
s w
as a
n im
porta
nt le
gal i
nstru
men
t for
thos
e M
embe
r Sta
tes
that
do
have
cro
ss-b
orde
r exc
hang
e of
goo
ds w
ithin
EU
inla
nd w
ater
way
s, s
ince
it p
rovi
des
a m
echa
nism
for r
esol
ving
co
nflic
ts o
f law
in re
latio
n to
the
cont
ract
s as
soci
ated
with
the
carr
iage
of g
oods
. The
pro
visi
ons
wer
e no
t exp
ecte
d to
hav
e an
y im
pact
on
UK
busi
ness
es o
r ope
ratio
ns in
volv
ing
cont
ract
s fo
r the
ca
rria
ge o
f goo
ds b
y in
land
wat
erw
ays,
and
ther
e w
ere
no e
ffect
s on
rela
tions
with
the
thre
e M
embe
r Sta
tes
seek
ing
auth
oris
atio
n.
Ther
efor
e, th
e C
oalit
ion
Gov
ernm
ent d
ecid
ed to
opt
-in. T
he J
ustic
e an
d H
ome
Affa
irs C
ounc
il m
et o
n 15
-16
June
201
5 an
d ad
opte
d th
e Pr
opos
al w
ithou
t inc
ludi
ng a
n am
endm
ent t
o th
e re
cita
l lan
guag
e,
and
the
Gov
ernm
ent t
here
fore
laid
a M
inut
e St
atem
ent i
n or
der t
o
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
18/0
3/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
19/1
2/20
14
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
05
/01/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 16
/03/
2015
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
24
/03/
2015
Ref.
1702
5/14
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 2(
1), 8
1(2)
and
21
8(6)
, poi
nt (a
) TFE
U
13
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Tran
spor
t re
affir
m th
at ri
ght.
3 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
R
egul
atio
n of
the
Euro
pean
Par
liam
ent
and
of th
e C
ounc
il re
peal
ing
certa
in a
cts
in
the
field
of p
olic
e co
-op
erat
ion
and
judi
cial
co
-ope
ratio
n in
crim
inal
m
atte
rs (R
EFIT
)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) En
glis
h ve
rsio
n pu
blis
hed
02/1
2/14
.Las
t la
ngua
ge
vers
ion
publ
ishe
d 09
/01/
2015
.
In D
ecem
ber 2
014,
as
part
of it
s R
EFIT
Pro
gram
me,
the
Com
mis
sion
pro
pose
d th
e re
peal
of 2
4 pr
e-Li
sbon
pol
ice
and
crim
inal
just
ice
mea
sure
s co
ntai
ned
with
in th
ree
sepa
rate
pr
opos
als.
The
repe
al o
f the
se 2
4 m
easu
res
had
no p
ract
ical
im
pact
on
the
UK
as th
ey e
ither
nev
er a
pplie
d to
the
UK
or th
e U
K op
ted
out o
f the
m a
s pa
rt of
the
2014
JH
A op
t-out
dec
isio
n on
1
Dec
embe
r 201
4. T
he U
K's
JHA
opt-i
n w
as n
ot th
eref
ore
trigg
ered
. In
Feb
ruar
y 20
15, t
he L
atvi
an P
resi
denc
y ci
rcul
ated
revi
sed
draf
ts
of th
e th
ree
prop
osal
s w
hich
con
tain
ed s
ugge
sted
am
endm
ents
. Am
endm
ents
to o
ne d
ocum
ent,
1633
4/14
, rel
ated
to th
e in
clus
ion
of
the
Euro
pean
Evi
denc
e W
arra
nt (E
EW) i
n R
EFIT
, and
the
incl
usio
n of
text
invi
ting
the
UK
to a
sser
t our
opt
-in u
nder
Pro
toco
l 21
of th
e TF
EU (t
he J
HA
opt-i
n Pr
otoc
ol).
The
Coa
litio
n G
over
nmen
t co
nsid
ered
that
thes
e am
endm
ents
trig
gere
d th
e op
t-in.
Whi
lst t
he
Coa
litio
n G
over
nmen
t con
side
red
that
the
EEW
had
bee
n re
peal
ed
for t
he U
K by
way
of i
t's L
isbo
nisa
tion
thro
ugh
the
adop
tion
of th
e Eu
rope
an In
vest
igat
ion
Ord
er (E
IO),
the
Coa
litio
n G
over
nmen
t de
cide
d to
opt
into
this
Reg
ulat
ion
in o
rder
to p
ut b
eyon
d do
ubt t
hat
the
EEW
doe
s no
t app
ly a
s be
twee
n th
e U
K an
d Ire
land
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
08/0
4/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
09/1
2/20
14
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
05
/01/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 07
/04/
2015
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/07/
2015
Ref.
1633
4/14
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
82
(1) a
nd 8
3 (1
) an
d 87
(2) a
nd A
rticl
e 88
(2) T
FEU
14
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
4 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
R
egul
atio
n of
the
Euro
pean
Par
liam
ent
and
of th
e C
ounc
il pr
otec
ting
agai
nst t
he
effe
cts
of th
e ex
tra-
terr
itoria
l app
licat
ion
of
legi
slat
ion
adop
ted
by a
th
ird c
ount
ry a
nd a
ctio
ns
base
d th
ereo
n or
re
sulti
ng th
eref
rom
(r
ecas
t)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 17
/02/
2015
Th
e pr
opos
ed R
egul
atio
n co
nsol
idat
ed e
xist
ing
EU le
gisl
atio
n; it
did
no
t con
tain
any
new
mat
eria
l and
did
not
cha
nge
the
exis
ting
mea
sure
s in
sub
stan
ce. A
lthou
gh th
e pr
opos
al d
id n
ot c
ite a
lega
l ba
se in
Titl
e V
TFEU
, and
the
Gov
ernm
ent w
as u
nsuc
cess
ful i
n se
ekin
g ci
tatio
n of
one
, the
Gov
ernm
ent c
onsi
dere
d th
at th
ere
wer
e Ju
stic
e an
d H
ome
Affa
irs o
blig
atio
ns in
Arti
cle
4 an
d 6
of th
e dr
aft
EU R
egul
atio
n, w
hich
trig
gere
d th
e U
K's
opt-i
n. A
rticl
e 4
prev
ents
ce
rtain
judg
men
ts fr
om o
utsi
de th
e EU
bei
ng re
cogn
ised
and
en
forc
ed w
ithin
the
EU. A
rticl
e 6
prov
ides
that
the
Brus
sels
I (r
ecas
t) R
egul
atio
n ap
plie
s to
pro
ceed
ings
bro
ught
und
er th
at
Artic
le to
reco
ver d
amag
es.
As th
e U
K is
alre
ady
com
plia
nt w
ith th
ese
rule
s, a
nd th
e ne
w
prop
osal
wou
ld n
ot c
reat
e an
y ad
ditio
nal i
mpa
cts
on th
e U
K, th
e G
over
nmen
t cho
se to
opt
in.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
17/0
5/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
18/0
2/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
04
/03/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
De
cisi
on
Opt
ed in
EU
not
ified
of d
ecis
ion
15/0
5/20
15
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
30
/06/
2015
Ref.
6237
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
64,
207
(2) a
nd
352
of T
FEU
De
part
men
t Bu
sine
ss, I
nfor
mat
ion
and
Skills
(BIS
) 5
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on th
e si
gnin
g,
on b
ehal
f of t
he
Euro
pean
Uni
on, o
f the
C
ounc
il of
Eur
ope
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 03
/03/
2015
Th
e C
omm
issi
on p
rese
nted
two
sepa
rate
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
ns o
n th
e si
gnat
ure
of th
e C
onve
ntio
n; o
ne w
hich
cov
ers
the
non-
JHA
aspe
cts
of th
e C
onve
ntio
n, a
nd th
is D
ecis
ion
whi
ch c
over
s th
e JH
A m
atte
rs.
The
UK
is n
ot b
ound
by
unde
rlyin
g m
easu
res
givi
ng ri
se to
the
Com
mis
sion
's a
sser
tion
of e
xclu
sive
ext
erna
l com
pete
nce
on th
e
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
02
/06/
2015
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
05/0
3/20
15
15
Con
vent
ion
on th
e m
anip
ulat
ion
of s
ports
co
mpe
titio
ns w
ith
rega
rds
to m
atte
rs
rela
ted
to s
ubst
antiv
e cr
imin
al la
w a
nd ju
dici
al
coop
erat
ion
in c
rimin
al
mat
ters
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
18
/03/
2015
re
leva
nt J
HA
mat
ters
. Th
e G
over
nmen
t did
not
opt
into
this
Dec
isio
n in
ord
er to
pre
serv
e th
e U
K’s
abili
ty to
impl
emen
t the
Cou
ncil
of E
urop
e C
onve
ntio
n on
th
e M
anip
ulat
ion
of S
ports
Com
petit
ions
acc
ordi
ng to
nat
iona
l ne
eds,
and
in p
artic
ular
to p
rese
rve
the
abilit
y to
exe
rcis
e th
e rig
ht
of d
erog
atio
n un
der A
rticl
e 19
of t
he C
onve
ntio
n. A
rticl
e 19
requ
ires
the
Parti
es to
mak
e ce
rtain
offe
nces
ext
rate
rrito
rial,
but a
llow
s th
e Pa
rties
(inc
ludi
ng th
e EU
) to
decl
are
that
they
rese
rve
the
right
not
to
app
ly, o
r to
appl
y on
ly in
spe
cific
cas
es o
r con
ditio
ns, t
he
requ
irem
ent f
or e
xtra
terr
itoria
l jur
isdi
ctio
n. P
rese
ntly
UK
law
doe
s no
t app
ly e
xtra
terr
itoria
l jur
isdi
ctio
n to
all
the
offe
nces
on
whi
ch w
e w
ould
rely
for c
ompl
ianc
e w
ith th
e C
onve
ntio
n an
d th
e cu
rren
t po
sitio
n is
that
the
UK
wou
ld b
e m
akin
g a
decl
arat
ion
rese
rvin
g th
e rig
ht n
ot to
ass
ume
extra
-terr
itoria
l jur
isdi
ctio
n in
resp
ect o
f som
e of
th
e re
quire
d of
fenc
es u
pon
sign
atur
e of
the
Con
vent
ion.
The
UK'
s rig
ht to
der
ogat
e co
uld
be li
mite
d if
it op
ted
in, s
houl
d th
e E
U
exer
cise
its
com
pete
nce
in th
is a
rea.
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
01
/12/
2015
Ref.
6721
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
82(
1) a
nd 8
3(1)
TF
EU in
con
junc
tion
with
Arti
cle
218(
5)
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or C
ultu
re,
Med
ia a
nd S
port
6 Ti
tle
Prop
osed
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n on
an
EU
nego
tiatin
g m
anda
te fo
r th
e ad
ditio
nal P
roto
col
to th
e C
ounc
il of
Eur
ope
Con
vent
ion
on th
e Pr
even
tion
of T
erro
rism
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 13
/03/
2015
Th
e C
omm
issi
on p
ropo
sed
this
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n on
the
basi
s th
at,
in th
eir v
iew
, the
EU
had
exc
lusi
ve e
xter
nal c
ompe
tenc
e in
the
area
co
vere
d by
the
Add
ition
al P
roto
col,
aris
ing
prim
arily
from
the
Fram
ewor
k D
ecis
ions
on
Com
batin
g Te
rror
ism
. The
UK
and
a nu
mbe
r of o
ther
Mem
ber S
tate
s ob
ject
ed to
the
asse
rtion
of
excl
usiv
e EU
com
pete
nce
on th
e ba
sis
that
sub
stan
tive
crim
inal
law
(in
clud
ing
in re
latio
n to
CT
mea
sure
s) is
not
har
mon
ised
at E
U-le
vel
nor i
s it
larg
ely
cove
red
by c
omm
on ru
les.
Whi
le th
ere
are
exis
ting
EU m
inim
um s
tand
ards
mea
sure
s in
this
are
a, m
inim
um s
tand
ards
ar
e no
t com
mon
rule
s an
d ar
e th
eref
ore
inca
pabl
e of
gen
erat
ing
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
12/0
6/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
N/A
- EU
R
ESTR
EIN
T Da
te o
f Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
N/A
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
N/A
16
plac
e?
excl
usiv
e ex
tern
al E
U c
ompe
tenc
e in
acc
orda
nce
with
Arti
cle
3(2)
TF
EU.
The
Coa
litio
n G
over
nmen
t acc
epte
d th
at th
ere
is s
hare
d co
mpe
tenc
e in
this
are
a an
d it
is th
eref
ore
for t
he C
ounc
il to
dec
ide
whe
ther
to a
utho
rise
the
Com
mis
sion
to n
egot
iate
on
beha
lf of
the
EU.
In o
rder
to s
ecur
e ag
reem
ent w
ithin
the
shor
t dea
dlin
e, th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
was
ado
pted
with
out d
efin
ing
the
EU c
ompe
tenc
e in
rela
tion
to th
e C
ounc
il of
Eur
ope
Add
ition
al P
roto
col.
Th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
was
pro
pose
d by
the
Com
mis
sion
with
out
citin
g a
subs
tant
ive
lega
l bas
e. T
he C
ounc
il, in
acc
orda
nce
with
st
anda
rd p
ract
ice,
add
ed a
sub
stan
tive
lega
l bas
e to
the
mea
sure
be
fore
neg
otia
tions
com
men
ced,
cho
osin
g a
Title
V T
FEU
lega
l ba
se, t
here
by c
larif
ying
that
the
UK'
s JH
A op
t-in
appl
ies.
U
nder
the
2014
Pro
toco
l 36
deci
sion
, the
UK
opte
d ou
t of t
he tw
o Fr
amew
ork
Dec
isio
ns o
n co
mba
ting
terr
oris
m.
Ther
efor
e th
e U
K is
no
t bou
nd b
y th
e EU
acq
uis
on w
hich
the
Com
mis
sion
prim
arily
ba
sed
its a
sser
tion
of E
U c
ompe
tenc
e. N
ot o
ptin
g in
to th
is D
ecis
ion
mea
ns th
at th
e U
K w
as a
ble
to n
egot
iate
the
Addi
tiona
l Pro
toco
l in
our o
wn
right
, and
con
firm
s th
at th
e U
K is
not
bou
nd b
y E
U
com
pete
nce,
exc
lusi
ve o
r oth
erw
ise,
in th
is a
rea.
Th
e U
K ha
s no
ted
conc
erns
abo
ut o
ur th
ree
mon
th o
pt-in
per
iod
not
bein
g re
spec
ted
in th
is c
ase,
but
acc
epts
that
in th
is c
ase
the
Dec
isio
n w
as n
egot
iate
d qu
ickl
y to
avo
id a
ny d
elay
to th
e C
ounc
il of
Eu
rope
’s ti
met
able
for t
heir
resp
onse
to th
e re
cent
terr
oris
t atta
cks
in P
aris
.
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y M
inis
teria
l le
tter
16/0
6/20
15
Ref.
7219
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
218
(3) a
nd (4
) Ar
ticle
83(
1) a
dded
du
ring
nego
tiatio
ns
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
7 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n on
the
Sig
ning
, on
beh
alf o
f the
Eu
rope
an U
nion
, and
pr
ovis
iona
l app
licat
ion
of
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 13
/04/
2015
Th
e ai
m o
f the
Stra
tegi
c P
artn
ersh
ip A
gree
men
t is
to e
nhan
ce E
U-
Can
ada
polit
ical
ties
and
coo
pera
tion
on fo
reig
n po
licy
and
secu
rity
issu
es, a
nd to
upg
rade
thei
r coo
pera
tion
in a
larg
e nu
mbe
r of p
olic
y ar
eas
goin
g be
yond
trad
e an
d ec
onom
ics.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
13/0
7/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
27/0
5/20
15
17
the
Stra
tegi
c Pa
rtner
ship
Agr
eem
ent
betw
een
the
Euro
pean
U
nion
and
its
Mem
ber
Stat
es, o
f the
one
par
t, an
d C
anad
a of
the
othe
r pa
rt.
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
27
/04/
2015
, w
ith a
furth
er
EM s
ubm
itted
30
/06/
2015
The
opt-i
n w
as tr
igge
red
by in
cide
ntal
pro
visi
ons
on ju
dici
al
coop
erat
ion
in A
rticl
e 18
(2) o
f the
agr
eem
ent,
beca
use
ther
e is
ex
clus
ive
EU e
xter
nal c
ompe
tenc
e fo
r cer
tain
of t
he H
ague
C
onve
ntio
ns c
over
ed b
y th
at A
rticl
e. T
he G
over
nmen
t cho
se n
ot to
op
t int
o th
ese
prov
isio
ns g
iven
that
the
prac
tical
val
ue to
the
UK
of
doin
g so
had
not
bee
n de
mon
stra
ted.
Th
e G
over
nmen
t was
una
ble
to s
ecur
e th
e ad
ditio
n of
a T
itle
V le
gal b
ase
to re
flect
the
incl
usio
n of
JH
A co
nten
t, or
a re
cita
l to
refle
ct th
e U
K's
posi
tion,
and
laid
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent o
n ad
optio
n to
as
sert
the
appl
icat
ion
of th
e JH
A op
t-in.
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y M
inis
teria
l le
tter o
f 3
Augu
st 2
015
Ref.
7906
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
37
TFEU
, and
Ar
ticle
s 21
2 (1
), 21
8 (5
) an
d th
e se
cond
pa
ragr
aph
of A
rticl
e 21
8 (8
) TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
Fore
ign
& C
omm
onw
ealth
Offi
ce
8 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n on
the
conc
lusi
on, o
n be
half
of
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on a
nd
its M
embe
r Sta
tes,
of
the
Prot
ocol
to th
e
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 22
/04/
2015
W
hen
the
Com
mis
sion
firs
t pro
pose
d th
e D
ecis
ion
on C
roat
ia’s
ac
cess
ion
to th
e Ag
reem
ent i
n 20
13, i
t sug
gest
ed th
at th
e le
gal
basi
s sh
ould
be
brou
ght i
n lin
e w
ith th
e Li
sbon
Tre
aty
by c
iting
Ar
ticle
s 20
7 an
d 35
2. T
he E
urop
ean
Par
liam
ent s
ubse
quen
tly
sugg
este
d th
at th
e co
rrec
t leg
al b
ase
shou
ld b
e Ar
ticle
212
, rat
her
than
352
, as
the
unde
rlyin
g 20
02 A
gree
men
t rel
ates
spe
cific
ally
to
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
22/0
7/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
23/0
4/20
15
18
Agre
emen
t on
Coo
pera
tion
and
Cus
tom
s U
nion
bet
wee
n th
e Eu
rope
an
Com
mun
ity a
nd it
s M
embe
r Sta
tes,
of t
he
one
part,
and
the
Rep
ublic
of S
an M
arin
o,
of th
e ot
her p
art,
rega
rdin
g th
e pa
rtici
patio
n, a
s a
cont
ract
ing
party
, of t
he
Rep
ublic
of C
roat
ia,
follo
win
g its
acc
essi
on
to th
e E
urop
ean
Uni
on
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
N
/A -
as a
n ac
cess
ion
prot
ocol
, it w
as
agre
ed th
at
ther
e w
as n
o re
quire
men
t fo
r scr
utin
y.
econ
omic
coo
pera
tion
with
third
cou
ntrie
s ot
her t
han
deve
lopi
ng
coun
tries
. Thi
s su
gges
tion
was
acc
epte
d by
the
Com
mis
sion
, whi
ch
note
d th
at A
rticl
e 20
7 TF
EU w
as th
e ap
prop
riate
sub
stan
tive
lega
l ba
sis
for T
itle
I of t
he A
gree
men
t, on
‘Cus
tom
s un
ion’
, and
that
Ar
ticle
212
TFE
U th
e ap
prop
riate
sub
stan
tive
lega
l bas
is fo
r Titl
e II
on ‘C
oope
ratio
n’.
The
Com
mis
sion
als
o su
gges
ted
that
the
soci
al s
ecur
ity p
rovi
sion
s in
the
orig
inal
Agr
eem
ent i
ntro
duce
d rig
hts
for t
hird
cou
ntry
na
tiona
ls u
nder
the
Uni
on’s
imm
igra
tion
polic
y. A
s su
ch, i
t co
nsid
ered
Arti
cle
79(2
)(b)
to b
e th
e ap
prop
riate
sub
stan
tive
lega
l ba
sis
to a
ccou
nt fo
r the
Titl
e III
, on
‘Soc
ial P
rovi
sion
s’. T
he
Com
mis
sion
ther
efor
e is
sued
an
amen
ded
prop
osal
on
22 A
pril
2015
, whi
ch in
clud
ed a
lega
l bas
is o
f Arti
cle
79, A
rticl
e 20
7 an
d Ar
ticle
212
. Si
nce
the
UK
is a
lread
y bo
und
by th
e un
derly
ing
Agre
emen
t, an
d th
is D
ecis
ion
sim
ply
allo
ws
Cro
atia
to a
cced
e to
it, t
he p
ropo
sal
wou
ld h
ave
no im
pact
on
the
UK.
How
ever
, we
acce
pt th
at th
ere
are
JHA
impl
icat
ions
for C
roat
ia a
nd th
eref
ore
supp
ort t
he in
clus
ion
of a
Titl
e V
lega
l bas
e. T
he G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
to o
pt in
to th
e D
ecis
ion.
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 22
/07/
2015
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y M
inis
teria
l le
tter o
f 16
Oct
ober
201
5.
Ref.
8191
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 79
, 207
and
21
2, 2
18(6
)(a)
and
21
8(8)
. De
part
men
t Fo
reig
n &
Com
mon
wea
lth O
ffice
19
9 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for C
ounc
il D
ecis
ions
app
rovi
ng th
e si
gnin
g an
d co
nclu
sion
, by
the
Euro
pean
C
omm
issi
on, o
n be
half
of th
e E
urop
ean
Atom
ic
Ener
gy C
omm
unity
, of
the
Stab
ilisat
ion
and
Asso
ciat
ion
Agre
emen
t be
twee
n th
e Eu
rope
an
Uni
on a
nd th
e Eu
rope
an
Atom
ic E
nerg
y C
omm
unity
, of t
he o
ne
part,
and
of K
osov
o, o
f th
e ot
her p
art
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 04
/05/
2015
Th
e JH
A op
t-in
was
trig
gere
d by
inci
dent
al p
rovi
sion
s on
bot
h M
ode
IV a
nd re
adm
issi
ons.
Th
e M
ode
IV p
rovi
sion
s w
ere
in li
ne w
ith th
e U
K’s
pre
viou
sly-
agre
ed c
omm
itmen
ts u
nder
the
WTO
Gen
eral
Agr
eem
ent o
n Tr
ade
in S
ervi
ces
(GAT
S) a
nd a
s su
ch th
e G
over
nmen
t too
k th
e de
cisi
on
to o
pt in
. O
n re
adm
issi
ons,
con
side
ratio
n w
as g
iven
to w
heth
er th
e U
K w
ante
d to
be
boun
d by
an
exer
cise
of E
U c
ompe
tenc
e in
rela
tion
to
this
are
a w
ith K
osov
o, w
hich
mig
ht li
mit
the
UK’
s ab
ility
to m
aint
ain
its e
xist
ing,
effe
ctiv
e re
adm
issi
on a
rran
gem
ents
. As
such
a d
ecis
ion
was
mad
e no
t to
opt i
n as
the
Gov
ernm
ent j
udge
d th
at th
e pr
ovis
ions
in th
e S
AA, o
r a fu
ture
read
mis
sion
s ag
reem
ent,
wou
ld
not b
e an
impr
ovem
ent o
n th
e ef
fect
ive
read
mis
sion
arr
ange
men
ts
UK
alre
ady
have
with
Kos
ovo.
Th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ions
wer
e pr
opos
ed w
ithou
t a T
itle
V le
gal b
ase.
Th
e G
over
nmen
t pre
ssed
con
sist
ently
for t
his,
and
for t
he D
ecis
ions
to
cla
rify
that
the
UK
’s o
pt-in
is e
ngag
ed, b
ut th
ere
was
not
su
ffici
ent s
uppo
rt in
Cou
ncil
to s
ecur
e on
e.
How
ever
, the
Gov
ernm
ent d
id s
ecur
e an
am
endm
ent t
o th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
ackn
owle
dgin
g th
at th
e A
gree
men
t con
tain
s pr
ovis
ions
re
latin
g to
JH
A, a
s w
ell a
s a
reci
tal i
n th
e SA
A te
xt it
self
clar
ifyin
g th
at th
e op
t-in
wou
ld a
pply
to J
HA
mea
sure
s in
any
futu
re
agre
emen
ts w
hich
cou
ld b
e m
ade
base
d on
the
Kos
ovo
SAA
. Whe
n th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ions
wer
e ad
opte
d on
22
Oct
ober
201
5, th
e U
K
laid
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent p
laci
ng o
ur p
ositi
on o
n re
cord
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
04/0
8/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
27/0
5/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
18
/06/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in (t
o M
ode
IV o
nly)
D
id n
ot o
pt in
(to
re
adm
issi
ons)
EU
not
ified
of d
ecis
ion
23/0
7/20
15
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y M
inis
teria
l le
tter o
f 3
Augu
st 2
015.
Ref.
8532
/15
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n on
Con
clus
ion.
85
35/1
5 C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on S
igna
ture
20
Lega
l bas
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on
Con
clus
ion
- Arti
cle
217,
in
con
junc
tion
with
Ar
ticle
s 21
8(7)
and
21
8(6)
(a)(
i) an
d th
e se
cond
sub
para
grap
h of
Ar
ticle
218
(8) T
FEU
; C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on
Sign
atur
e - A
rticl
e 21
7,
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith
Artic
le 2
18(5
) and
the
seco
nd s
ubpa
ragr
aph
of
Artic
le 2
18(8
) TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
Fore
ign
& C
omm
onw
ealth
Offi
ce
10
Titl
e Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on th
e co
nclu
sion
, on
beha
lf of
th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
, of
the
Prot
ocol
to E
limin
ate
Illic
it Tr
ade
in T
obac
co
Prod
ucts
to th
e W
orld
H
ealth
Org
anis
atio
n's
Fram
ewor
k C
onve
ntio
n on
Tob
acco
Con
trol,
in
so fa
r as
the
prov
isio
ns
of th
e Pr
otoc
ol w
hich
fall
unde
r Titl
e V
of P
art I
II of
the
Trea
ty o
n th
e Fu
nctio
ning
of t
he
Euro
pean
Uni
on a
re
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 06
/05/
2015
Th
e C
omm
issi
on p
rese
nted
two
sepa
rate
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
ns o
n th
e si
gnat
ure
of th
e C
onve
ntio
n; o
ne w
hich
cov
ers
the
non-
JHA
aspe
cts
of th
e C
onve
ntio
n, a
nd th
is d
ecis
ion
whi
ch c
over
s th
e JH
A m
atte
rs.
The
Gov
ernm
ent d
oes
not b
elie
ve th
at th
ere
is a
ny e
xclu
sive
EU
co
mpe
tenc
e in
resp
ect o
f JH
A m
atte
rs a
risin
g fro
m th
e Pr
otoc
ol,
and
does
not
con
side
r tha
t the
re a
re g
ood
reas
ons
for t
he E
U to
ex
erci
se s
hare
d co
mpe
tenc
e in
resp
ect o
f the
pro
visi
ons.
It
ther
efor
e di
d no
t opt
into
the
Dec
isio
n.
No
spec
ific
prop
osal
s ha
ve b
een
mad
e by
the
Com
mis
sion
in
resp
ect o
f im
plem
enta
tion.
Sho
uld
prop
osal
s in
resp
ect o
f JH
A as
pect
s be
mad
e in
the
futu
re, t
he G
over
nmen
t will
cons
ider
the
opt-i
n on
a c
ase
by c
ase
basi
s.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
06/0
8/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
27/0
5/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
27
/05/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
21
conc
erne
d
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y M
inis
teria
l le
tter o
f 1
Sept
embe
r 20
15
Ref.
8563
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
82
(1),
83, 8
7(2)
an
d 21
8(6)
(a) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
HM
Rev
enue
and
C
usto
ms
11
Titl
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
to
auth
oris
e th
e op
enin
g of
ne
gotia
tions
for a
n ag
reem
ent b
etw
een
the
EU a
nd M
exic
o fo
r the
tra
nsfe
r and
use
of
Pass
enge
r Nam
e R
ecor
d (P
NR
) dat
a to
pr
even
t and
com
bat
terr
oris
m a
nd o
ther
se
rious
tran
snat
iona
l cr
ime
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 18
/05/
2015
Th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
was
pro
pose
d by
the
Com
mis
sion
with
an
Artic
le 2
18(3
) and
(4) T
FEU
pro
cedu
ral l
egal
bas
e as
the
Com
mis
sion
do
not c
onsi
der t
hat s
ubst
antiv
e le
gal b
ases
are
re
quire
d fo
r neg
otia
ting
man
date
s. T
he C
ounc
il, c
onsi
sten
t with
pr
evio
us d
ecis
ions
, agr
eed
that
a s
ubst
antiv
e le
gal b
ase
was
re
quire
d an
d ci
ted
Artic
les
82 a
nd 8
7 TF
EU. A
rticl
es 8
2 an
d 87
TF
EU a
re c
onsi
sten
t with
the
lega
l bas
es u
sed
for p
revi
ous
PNR
ag
reem
ents
with
third
cou
ntrie
s (e
.g. U
S, A
ustra
lia a
nd C
anad
a).
The
agre
emen
t wou
ld a
llow
the
proc
essi
ng o
f PN
R d
ata
by th
e M
exic
an C
ompe
tent
Aut
horit
y. M
exic
o ha
d ap
proa
ched
UK
and
othe
r Eur
opea
n ca
rrie
rs to
requ
ire th
eir P
NR
dat
a. T
his
puts
any
EU
car
rier i
n a
conf
licte
d po
sitio
n; if
it p
rovi
des
a pa
ssen
ger’s
PN
R,
it po
tent
ially
bre
ache
s Eu
rope
an D
ata
Prot
ectio
n le
gisl
atio
n by
tra
nsfe
rrin
g th
e da
ta o
utsi
de th
e EU
with
out t
here
bei
ng a
dequ
ate
safe
guar
ds in
pla
ce; h
owev
er fa
ilure
to tr
ansf
er th
e da
ta c
ould
resu
lt in
sig
nific
ant f
inan
cial
pen
altie
s un
der M
exic
an la
w.
The
purp
ose
of
the
agre
emen
t is
to e
nsur
e ap
prop
riate
saf
egua
rds
are
in p
lace
for
proc
essi
ng o
f the
dat
a fo
r the
law
enf
orce
men
t pur
pose
s ou
tline
d ab
ove.
Ana
lysi
s of
this
dat
a as
sist
s la
w e
nfor
cem
ent a
genc
ies
to
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
17/0
8/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
N/A
- EU
R
ESTR
EIN
T Da
te o
f Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
N/A
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 22
/06/
2015
22
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y M
inis
teria
l le
tter
20/0
8/20
15
iden
tify
indi
vidu
als
of in
tere
st, w
heth
er a
s su
spec
ts o
r vic
tims,
who
w
ere
prev
ious
ly u
nkno
wn.
The
Gov
ernm
ent t
here
fore
sup
ports
the
EU u
nder
taki
ng n
egot
iatio
ns w
ith M
exic
o w
ith th
e ai
m o
f con
clud
ing
the
agre
emen
t. A
s th
e M
exic
an G
over
nmen
t set
a d
eadl
ine
of 1
Ju
ly fo
r the
ope
ning
of n
egot
iatio
ns o
n a
PNR
agr
eem
ent,
the
UK'
s th
ree
mon
th o
pt-in
win
dow
was
sho
rtene
d. T
he G
over
nmen
t did
not
pr
ess
for t
he th
ree
mon
th w
indo
w to
be
resp
ecte
d in
this
cas
e be
caus
e of
the
exte
rnal
driv
er fo
r the
neg
otia
ting
man
date
to b
e ad
opte
d.
Ref.
8968
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 21
8(3)
and
(4)
TFEU
(Arti
cles
82
and
87 T
FEU
add
ed d
urin
g ne
gotia
tions
) De
part
men
t H
ome
Offi
ce
12
Titl
e Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
esta
blis
hing
pr
ovis
iona
l mea
sure
s in
th
e ar
ea o
f int
erna
tiona
l pr
otec
tion
for t
he b
enef
it of
Gre
ece
and
Italy
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 28
/05/
2015
Th
e G
over
nmen
t doe
s no
t sup
port
relo
catio
n as
it is
the
wro
ng
resp
onse
to th
e m
igra
tory
pre
ssur
es th
e EU
face
s - i
t und
erm
ines
th
e im
porta
nt p
rinci
ple
that
asy
lum
sho
uld
be c
laim
ed in
the
first
sa
fe c
ount
ry a
nd d
oes
not a
ddre
ss th
e ca
uses
of i
llega
l mig
ratio
n -
and
has
conc
erns
ove
r the
prin
cipl
e an
d un
inte
nded
con
sequ
ence
s of
any
form
of r
eloc
atio
n of
asy
lum
cas
es w
ithin
the
EU.
The
refo
re
the
UK
did
not o
pt in
to th
is p
ropo
sal.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
27/0
8/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
29/0
5/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
09
/06/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
Yes
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
14/1
2/20
15
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
Yes
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
22/0
7/20
15
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
23
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y Ex
plan
ator
y M
emor
andu
m
of 6
Aug
ust
2015
Re
f. 93
55/1
5
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78(
3) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
13
Titl
e Pr
opos
al fo
r Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
ns o
n th
e si
gnin
g, o
n be
half
of th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
, and
pr
ovis
iona
l app
licat
ion
of
the
Enha
nced
Pa
rtner
ship
and
C
oope
ratio
n Ag
reem
ent
(EPC
A) b
etw
een
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on a
nd
Kaza
khst
an
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 29
/05/
2015
Th
e EP
CA
is a
bro
ad-b
ased
agr
eem
ent c
over
ing
a w
ide
num
ber o
f ar
eas
from
trad
e an
d in
vest
men
t, ec
onom
ic a
nd s
usta
inab
le
deve
lopm
ent (
incl
udin
g en
ergy
, tra
nspo
rt, e
nviro
nmen
t, ag
ricul
ture
, he
alth
, tou
rism
) to
educ
atio
n, s
port,
civ
il se
rvic
e an
d co
oper
atio
n on
fre
edom
, sec
urity
and
just
ice.
It p
rovi
des
for r
egul
ar p
oliti
cal
dial
ogue
in a
ll ar
eas
of m
utua
l int
eres
t in
orde
r to
prom
ote
inte
rnat
iona
l pea
ce, s
tabi
lity
and
secu
rity,
and
set
s ou
t tha
t de
moc
ratic
and
hum
an ri
ghts
prin
cipl
es, a
s w
ell a
s pr
inci
ples
of a
m
arke
t eco
nom
y, u
nder
pin
the
who
le a
gree
men
t. Th
e JH
A op
t-in
was
trig
gere
d by
inci
dent
al M
ode
IV p
rovi
sion
s,
rela
ting
to th
e te
mpo
rary
mov
emen
t of n
atur
al p
erso
ns fo
r bus
ines
s,
whi
ch a
re in
line
with
the
UK’
s pr
evio
usly
-agr
eed
Mod
e IV
co
mm
itmen
ts u
nder
the
WTO
Gen
eral
Agr
eem
ent o
n Tr
ade
in
Serv
ices
(GAT
S). W
ith th
is in
min
d, th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
to o
pt
into
the
prov
isio
ns.
On
adop
tion
of th
e D
ecis
ions
, the
UK
laid
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent
setti
ng o
ut it
s po
sitio
n.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
29/0
8/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
14/0
7/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
15
/07/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 28
/08/
2015
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
28
/08/
2015
Ref.
9077
/15
24
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
37
TEU
and
Ar
ticle
s 20
7 an
d 20
9 in
co
njun
ctio
n w
ith 2
18(5
) an
d 21
8(8)
TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
Fore
ign
& C
omm
onw
ealth
Offi
ce
14
Titl
e Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on th
e si
gnin
g,
on b
ehal
f of t
he
Euro
pean
Uni
on, o
f the
Ad
ditio
nal P
roto
col t
o th
e C
ounc
il of
Eur
ope
Con
vent
ion
on th
e Pr
even
tion
of T
erro
rism
(C
ETS
No.
196
)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 16
/06/
2015
Th
e Ad
ditio
nal P
roto
col c
ontri
bute
s to
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
UN
Se
curit
y C
ounc
il R
esol
utio
n (U
NSC
R) 2
178
on “T
hrea
ts to
in
tern
atio
nal p
eace
and
sec
urity
cau
sed
by te
rror
ist a
cts”
on
tack
ling
fore
ign
fight
ers,
whi
ch w
as u
nani
mou
sly
adop
ted
by th
e Se
curit
y C
ounc
il of
the
Uni
ted
Nat
ions
on
24 N
ovem
ber 2
014.
It
seek
s to
set
a m
inim
um s
tand
ard
for c
rimin
alis
atio
n of
recr
uitm
ent
to, a
nd re
ceip
t of t
rain
ing
for,
terr
oris
m a
nd th
e ac
t of t
rave
lling
abro
ad fo
r the
pur
pose
of t
erro
rism
. Th
e U
K pa
rtici
pate
d fu
lly in
the
deve
lopm
ent o
f the
Add
ition
al
Prot
ocol
and
has
legi
slat
ion
in p
lace
whi
ch is
com
plia
nt w
ith th
e re
quire
men
ts o
f the
Add
ition
al P
roto
col.
Whi
le w
e co
nsid
er th
ere
to
be v
alue
in s
igni
ng th
e Ad
ditio
nal P
roto
col,
we
rem
ain
of th
e vi
ew
that
this
is a
mat
ter f
or M
embe
r Sta
tes
and
do n
ot a
gree
with
the
Cou
ncil's
pos
ition
that
exc
lusi
ve E
U c
ompe
tenc
e ar
ises
from
the
unde
rlyin
g EU
min
imum
sta
ndar
ds le
gisl
atio
n.
Ther
efor
e no
t opt
ing
in to
thes
e pr
opos
als
ensu
res
that
the
UK
ca
nnot
be
caug
ht b
y an
y ex
erci
se o
f EU
com
pete
nce
in th
is a
rea,
in
line
with
the
prev
ious
Gov
ernm
ent’s
dec
isio
n no
t to
opt b
ack
in to
th
e EU
Fra
mew
ork
Dec
isio
n 20
02/4
75/J
HA
on c
omba
ting
terr
oris
m,
as a
men
ded,
und
er th
e Pr
otoc
ol 3
6 de
cisi
on.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
17/0
9/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
19/0
6/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
29
/06/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
22
/10/
2015
Ref.
9969
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 83
(1) a
nd
218(
5) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
25
15
Titl
e Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on th
e si
gnin
g,
on b
ehal
f of t
he
Euro
pean
Uni
on,
Cou
ncil
of E
urop
e C
onve
ntio
n on
the
Prev
entio
n of
Ter
roris
m
(CET
S N
o. 1
96)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 16
/06/
2015
Th
e C
ounc
il of
Eur
ope
Con
vent
ion
on th
e Pr
even
tion
of T
erro
rism
w
as a
gree
d in
200
5. O
nly
now
has
the
Com
mis
sion
sou
ght
appr
oval
for t
he E
U to
sig
n th
e C
onve
ntio
n, a
nd o
nly
beca
use
only
si
gnat
orie
s to
the
Con
vent
ion
are
able
to s
ign
the
Add
ition
al
Prot
ocol
. Th
e U
K ha
s si
gned
the
Con
vent
ion
and
is in
tend
ing
to ra
tify
the
Con
vent
ion.
The
UK
is c
ompl
iant
with
the
requ
irem
ents
of t
he
Con
vent
ion.
Whi
le w
e co
nsid
er th
at th
ere
is v
alue
in ra
tifyi
ng th
e C
onve
ntio
n, a
nd c
onfir
min
g ou
r sup
port
for i
nter
natio
nal l
egis
latio
n su
ppor
ting
effo
rts to
tack
le th
e te
rror
ist t
hrea
t, w
e co
nsid
er th
at th
is
is a
mat
ter f
or M
embe
r Sta
tes
and
do n
ot a
gree
with
the
Cou
ncil's
po
sitio
n th
at e
xclu
sive
EU
com
pete
nce
aris
es fr
om th
e un
derly
ing
EU m
inim
um s
tand
ards
legi
slat
ion
in th
is a
rea.
Th
eref
ore
not o
ptin
g in
to th
ese
prop
osal
s en
sure
s th
at th
e U
K
cann
ot b
e ca
ught
by
any
exer
cise
of E
U c
ompe
tenc
e in
this
are
a, in
lin
e w
ith th
e pr
evio
us G
over
nmen
t’s d
ecis
ion
not t
o op
t bac
k in
to
the
EU F
ram
ewor
k D
ecis
ion
2002
/475
/JH
A on
com
batin
g te
rror
ism
, as
am
ende
d, u
nder
the
Prot
ocol
36
deci
sion
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
17/0
9/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
19/0
6/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
29
/06/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
22
/10/
2015
Ref.
9975
/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 82
, 83
(1),
84,
87(2
)and
218
(5) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
16
Titl
e Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il
Dec
isio
n on
the
ratif
icat
ion
and
acce
ssio
n by
Mem
ber
Stat
es o
n be
half
of th
e U
nion
to th
e Pr
otoc
ol o
f 20
10 to
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l C
onve
ntio
n on
Lia
bilit
y
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 24
/06/
2015
Th
e C
omm
issi
on p
rese
nted
two
sepa
rate
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
ns o
n th
e si
gnat
ure
of th
e C
onve
ntio
n; o
ne w
hich
cov
ered
the
non-
JHA
aspe
cts
of th
e C
onve
ntio
n, a
nd th
is d
ecis
ion
whi
ch c
over
ed th
e JH
A
mat
ters
, for
whi
ch th
e E
U h
as e
xclu
sive
ext
erna
l com
pete
nce.
It
is th
e vi
ew o
f the
EU
inst
itutio
ns th
at in
mat
ters
of e
xclu
sive
ex
tern
al c
ompe
tenc
e th
e U
K’s
opt-i
n do
es n
ot a
pply
. H
owev
er, a
s th
e pr
opos
ed J
HA
Dec
isio
n ci
tes
a le
gal b
ase
in T
itle
V o
f Par
t 3 o
f
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
24/0
9/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
25/0
6/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
08
/07/
2015
26
and
Com
pens
atio
n fo
r D
amag
e in
con
nect
ion
with
the
Car
riage
of
Haz
ardo
us a
nd N
oxio
us
Subs
tanc
es b
y S
ea w
ith
rega
rd to
asp
ects
re
late
d to
judi
cial
co
oper
atio
n in
civ
il m
atte
rs
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
the
Trea
ty o
n th
e Fu
nctio
ning
of t
he E
urop
ean
Uni
on (T
FEU
), in
ac
cord
ance
with
Pro
toco
l No
21 o
n th
e po
sitio
n of
the
UK
and
Irela
nd in
resp
ect o
f the
are
a of
Fre
edom
, Sec
urity
and
Jus
tice
anne
xed
to th
e TF
EU, t
he U
K’s
JHA
opt-i
n ap
plie
s. O
n ad
optio
n of
th
e D
ecis
ion,
the
UK
laid
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent s
ettin
g ou
t its
pos
ition
. Th
e G
over
nmen
t too
k th
e vi
ew in
this
inst
ance
that
UK
inte
rest
s w
ould
be
best
ser
ved
by o
ptin
g in
to th
e pr
opos
ed D
ecis
ion,
as
this
w
ould
reta
in th
e U
K’s
abi
lity
to fu
lly ra
tify
the
HN
S Pr
otoc
ol, a
nd th
e re
mov
al o
f any
bin
ding
dea
dlin
e fro
m th
e pr
opos
al h
as th
e ef
fect
of
mai
ntai
ning
the
UK
’s c
urre
nt fl
exib
ility
to b
e ab
le to
ratif
y an
d ac
cede
to th
e H
NS
Prot
ocol
if a
nd w
hen
we
are
read
y to
do
so.
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 24
/09/
2015
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
17
/11/
2015
Ref.
1025
2/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
81
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith 2
18(6
)(a)
(v)
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Tran
spor
t 17
T
itle
Prop
osal
for a
R
egul
atio
n of
the
Euro
pean
Par
liam
ent
and
of th
e C
ounc
il am
endi
ng R
egul
atio
n (E
C) N
o 16
83/1
995
of
29 M
ay 1
995
layi
ng
dow
n a
unifo
rm fo
rmat
fo
r vis
as
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 26
/06/
2015
Th
e G
over
nmen
t did
not
opt
in to
the
Prop
osal
to a
men
d R
egul
atio
n (E
C) N
o 16
83/1
995
on th
e U
nifo
rm F
orm
at fo
r Vis
as. T
he
Gov
ernm
ent i
s co
mm
itted
to e
nsur
ing
that
peo
ple
com
ing
to th
e U
K do
so
lega
lly a
nd ta
king
ste
ps to
impr
ove
docu
men
t sec
urity
. The
U
K ha
s co
ncer
ns a
bout
the
curr
ent p
ropo
sed
desi
gn a
nd is
co
nsid
erin
g th
e im
plic
atio
ns th
at a
new
UFV
may
hav
e on
futu
re
visa
stra
tegy
. The
Gov
ernm
ent w
ill co
nsid
er u
nder
taki
ng a
pos
t-ad
optio
n op
t-in
to th
is m
easu
re.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
26/0
9/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
30/0
6/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
09
/07/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
No
27
plac
e?
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
26
/10/
2015
Ref.
1031
4/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
77(
2)(a
) TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
18
Titl
e Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
auth
oris
ing
the
open
ing
of n
egot
iatio
ns
on a
gree
men
ts b
etw
een
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on, o
n th
e on
e pa
rt, a
nd th
e Ki
ngdo
m o
f Den
mar
k,
the
Rep
ublic
of I
cela
nd,
the
King
dom
of N
orw
ay,
the
Sw
iss
Con
fede
ratio
n an
d th
e Pr
inci
palit
y of
Li
echt
enst
ein,
on
the
othe
r par
t, on
the
mod
aliti
es o
f the
pa
rtici
patio
n by
thos
e St
ates
to th
e pr
oced
ure
for c
ompa
rison
and
dat
a tra
nsm
issi
on fo
r law
en
forc
emen
t pur
pose
s
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 29
/06/
2015
Th
e U
K di
d no
t opt
in to
the
prop
osed
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n au
thor
isin
g th
e op
enin
g of
neg
otia
tions
with
the
Asso
ciat
ed S
tate
s (N
orw
ay,
Icel
and,
Lie
chte
nste
in a
nd S
witz
erla
nd) a
nd D
enm
ark
conc
erni
ng
acce
ss to
Eur
odac
for l
aw e
nfor
cem
ent p
urpo
ses.
Thi
s pr
opos
al
conc
erns
the
open
ing
of n
egot
iatio
ns. I
f the
neg
otia
tions
are
su
cces
sful
ther
e w
ill be
a fu
rther
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n, a
lso
subj
ect t
o th
e U
nite
d Ki
ngdo
m’s
Jus
tice
and
Hom
e Af
fairs
opt
-in. A
t thi
s po
int
we
will
be
able
to a
sses
s pr
oper
ly a
ny p
oten
tial b
enef
its to
the
UK
and
othe
rs, a
nd o
n th
at b
asis
con
side
r whe
ther
or n
ot to
opt
in.
The
initi
al p
ropo
sal f
or a
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n fro
m th
e C
omm
issi
on i
n lin
e w
ith th
e C
omm
issi
on's
gen
eral
pra
ctic
e in
rela
tion
to n
egot
iatin
g m
anda
te C
ounc
il D
ecis
ions
, cite
d on
ly a
pro
cedu
ral l
egal
bas
e. T
he
posi
tion
of th
e C
ounc
il is
to a
dd in
a s
ubst
antiv
e le
gal b
ase
into
the
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n, in
this
cas
e fro
m T
itle
V of
Par
t III
of th
e Tr
eaty
on
the
Func
tioni
ng o
f the
Eur
opea
n U
nion
. The
cita
tion
of a
Titl
e V
prov
ides
lega
l cer
tain
ty th
at th
e JH
A op
t-in
appl
ies.
In th
is c
ase,
a
Title
V le
gal b
ase
was
not
add
ed. T
he U
K th
eref
ore
laid
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent o
n ad
optio
n co
nfirm
ing
its o
pt in
pos
ition
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
29/0
6/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
N/A
- EU
R
ESTR
EIN
T Da
te o
f Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
N/A
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
28
fore
seen
in c
hapt
er V
I of
the
Reg
ulat
ion
(EU
) No
603/
2013
on
the
esta
blis
hmen
t of
'Eur
odac
' for
the
com
paris
on o
f fin
gerp
rints
for t
he
effe
ctiv
e ap
plic
atio
n of
R
egul
atio
n (E
U) N
o 60
4/20
13 e
stab
lishi
ng
the
crite
ria a
nd
mec
hani
sms
for
dete
rmin
ing
the
Mem
ber
Stat
e re
spon
sibl
e fo
r ex
amin
ing
an
appl
icat
ion
for
inte
rnat
iona
l pro
tect
ion
lodg
ed in
one
of t
he
Mem
ber S
tate
s by
a
third
-cou
ntry
nat
iona
l or
a st
atel
ess
pers
on a
nd
on re
ques
ts fo
r the
co
mpa
rison
with
Eu
roda
c da
ta b
y M
embe
r Sta
tes'
law
en
forc
emen
t aut
horit
ies
and
Euro
pol f
or la
w
enfo
rcem
ent p
urpo
ses.
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
26
/10/
2015
Ref.
1032
1/15
29
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
218
(3) a
nd (4
) TF
EU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
19
Titl
e Pr
opos
ed C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
esta
blis
hing
th
e po
sitio
n to
be
take
n by
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on
with
in th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
of th
e W
orld
Tr
ade
Org
anis
atio
n on
th
e ac
cess
ion
of th
e R
epub
lic o
f Kaz
akhs
tan
to th
e W
TO
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 01
/07/
2015
Th
e G
over
nmen
t has
sup
porte
d th
e ac
cess
ion
of K
azak
hsta
n to
the
WTO
on
the
right
term
s. I
n ac
cedi
ng to
the
WTO
, Kaz
akhs
tan
will
embr
ace
a se
ries
of ru
les
and
com
mitm
ents
whi
ch fo
rm th
e fo
unda
tion
of a
n op
en, t
rans
pare
nt a
nd n
on-d
iscr
imin
ator
y gl
obal
tra
ding
sys
tem
and
whi
ch w
ill pr
ovid
e im
porta
nt g
uara
ntee
s fo
r th
em a
nd fo
r the
oth
er W
TO M
embe
rs.
Acce
ssio
n to
the
WTO
will
brin
g Ka
zakh
stan
mor
e fir
mly
into
the
glob
al e
cono
my
and
mak
e Ka
zakh
stan
a m
ore
attra
ctiv
e pl
ace
to d
o bu
sine
ss, a
nd it
will
help
to
ach
ieve
the
Gov
ernm
ent’s
trad
e po
licy
obje
ctiv
e of
exp
andi
ng th
e W
TO’s
mem
bers
hip.
Th
e JH
A op
t-in
was
trig
gere
d by
inci
dent
al M
ode
IV p
rovi
sion
s,
rela
ting
to th
e te
mpo
rary
mov
emen
t of n
atur
al p
erso
ns fo
r bus
ines
s.
Thes
e pr
ovis
ions
are
in li
ne w
ith th
e U
K’s
pre
viou
sly-
agre
ed M
ode
IV c
omm
itmen
ts u
nder
the
WTO
Gen
eral
Agr
eem
ent o
n Tr
ade
in
Serv
ices
(GAT
S). W
ith th
is a
nd th
e ab
ove
in m
ind,
the
Gov
ernm
ent
deci
ded
to o
pt in
to th
e pr
ovis
ions
. O
n ad
optio
n of
the
Dec
isio
n, th
e U
K la
id a
min
ute
stat
emen
t set
ting
out i
ts p
ositi
on.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
01/1
0/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
02/0
7/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
02
/12/
2014
(O
TNYR
) Ad
dend
um
subm
itted
03
/07/
2015
ES
C: D
id a
deb
ate
take
pl
ace?
N
o
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 17
/07/
2015
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y M
inis
teria
l le
tter o
f 25
Augu
st 2
015
Ref.
1047
9/15
30
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 91
, 100
(2) a
nd
207(
4), i
n co
njun
ctio
n w
ith A
rticl
e 21
8(9)
TF
EU.
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Busi
ness
Inno
vatio
n an
d Sk
ills
20
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
CO
UN
CIL
DEC
ISIO
N
esta
blis
hing
pro
visi
onal
m
easu
res
in th
e ar
ea o
f in
tern
atio
nal p
rote
ctio
n fo
r the
ben
efit
of It
aly,
G
reec
e an
d H
unga
ry
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 10
/09/
2015
Th
e G
over
nmen
t doe
s no
t sup
port
relo
catio
n as
it is
the
wro
ng
resp
onse
to th
e m
igra
tory
pre
ssur
es th
e EU
face
s - i
t und
erm
ines
th
e im
porta
nt p
rinci
ple
that
asy
lum
sho
uld
be c
laim
ed in
the
first
sa
fe c
ount
ry a
nd d
oes
not a
ddre
ss th
e ca
uses
of i
llega
l mig
ratio
n -
and
has
conc
erns
ove
r the
prin
cipl
e an
d un
inte
nded
con
sequ
ence
s of
any
form
of r
eloc
atio
n of
asy
lum
cas
es w
ithin
the
EU. T
here
fore
th
e G
over
nmen
t did
not
opt
in to
this
pro
posa
l.
O
pt-in
dea
dlin
e 09
/12/
2015
De
posi
ted
to P
arlia
men
t 16
/09/
2015
Da
te o
f Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
30/0
9/20
15
ES
C: D
id a
deb
ate
take
pl
ace?
Ye
s
Da
te o
f Com
mon
s de
bate
14
/12/
2015
EU
C: D
id a
deb
ate
take
pl
ace?
N
o
Da
te o
f Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
De
cisi
on
Did
not
opt
in
EU
not
ified
of d
ecis
ion
N/A
Pa
rliam
ent n
otifi
ed o
f de
cisi
on
By
Expl
anat
ory
By
Mem
oran
dum
of
30
Sept
embe
r, 20
15
31
Re
f. 11
844/
15
Le
gal b
ase
Artic
le 7
8(3)
TFE
U
De
part
men
t H
ome
Offi
ce
21
Titl
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on th
e po
sitio
n to
be
adop
ted,
on
beh
alf o
f the
Eu
rope
an U
nion
, in
the
sixt
y-si
xth
sess
ion
of th
e Ex
ecut
ive
Com
mitt
ee o
f th
e Pr
ogra
mm
e of
the
Uni
ted
Nat
ions
Hig
h C
omm
issi
oner
for
Ref
ugee
s
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 30
/09/
2015
At
the
Econ
omic
and
Fin
ance
Cou
ncil
on 6
Oct
ober
201
5, E
U
Fina
nce
Min
iste
rs a
gree
d by
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n to
sup
port
a ch
ange
to
the
rule
s of
pro
cedu
re o
f the
Exe
cutiv
e C
omm
ittee
of t
he U
nite
d N
atio
ns H
igh
Com
mis
sion
for R
efug
ees
(UN
HC
R) w
hich
wou
ld
enab
le e
nhan
ced
parti
cipa
tion
of th
e EU
in p
rivat
e m
eetin
gs.
The
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n co
mm
its E
U M
embe
r Sta
tes
to s
uppo
rt an
ex
tens
ion
of th
e EU
's o
bser
ver s
tatu
s at
the
Exec
utiv
e C
omm
ittee
to
incl
ude
mee
tings
dis
cuss
ing
UN
HC
R b
udge
ting
and
prog
ram
min
g. T
he E
U w
ould
be
able
to a
ttend
thos
e m
eetin
gs, b
ut
it w
ould
reta
in it
s ob
serv
er s
tatu
s an
d w
ould
stil
l not
hav
e a
form
al
vote
. U
sual
ly a
For
eign
Affa
irs C
ounc
il m
atte
r, th
is w
as p
ut to
the
Econ
omic
and
Fin
ance
Cou
ncil
so th
at it
cou
ld b
e ad
opte
d be
fore
th
e en
d of
the
UN
HC
R E
xecu
tive
Com
mitt
ee a
nnua
l mee
ting
in
Gen
eva
from
5th
to 9
th O
ctob
er. I
n fa
ct, t
he E
U p
ropo
sal w
as n
ot
rais
ed a
s pa
rt of
the
agen
da, s
o th
e ru
le w
as n
ot, i
n th
e en
d,
amen
ded
by th
e C
omm
ittee
.
The
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n w
as a
dopt
ed b
y Q
MV
. The
UK
Gov
ernm
ent
was
not
affo
rded
tim
e to
und
erta
ke o
ur P
arlia
men
tary
and
inte
rnal
ob
ligat
ions
in re
latio
n to
taki
ng a
n op
t-in
deci
sion
, and
ther
efor
e di
d no
t tak
e pa
rt in
the
adop
tion
of th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion,
and
will
not b
e bo
und
by it
. No
over
ride
was
requ
ired.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
06/1
0/20
15
(opt
-in w
indo
w
curta
iled)
De
posi
ted
to P
arlia
men
t 02
/10/
2015
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
14
/10/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y Ex
plan
ator
y M
emor
andu
m
of 1
4 O
ctob
er
2015
Re
f. 11
651/
15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78(
2), i
n co
njun
ctio
n w
ith A
rticl
e 21
8(9)
32
Depa
rtm
ent
Fore
ign
& C
omm
onw
ealth
Offi
ce
22
Titl
e Pr
opos
ed C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on th
e EU
po
sitio
n on
the
Acce
ssio
n to
Lib
eria
W
orld
Tra
de
Org
anis
atio
n (W
TO)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 02
/10/
2015
Th
e U
K su
ppor
ts th
e ac
cess
ion
of a
ll ca
ndid
ate
WTO
acc
essi
on
coun
tries
as
long
as
it ta
kes
plac
e on
the
right
term
s an
d at
a ti
me
that
is ri
ght f
or th
e ca
ndid
ates
to m
eet t
he c
omm
itmen
ts o
f WTO
m
embe
rshi
p. T
he G
over
nmen
t con
side
rs th
at th
is is
the
case
for
Libe
ria.
Libe
ria w
ill be
abl
e to
ben
efit
from
WTO
mar
ket a
cces
s, g
loba
l tra
ding
rule
s an
d th
e tra
nspa
renc
y of
the
WTO
trad
ing
syst
em. I
t w
ill al
so b
e ab
le to
use
the
WTO
Dis
pute
Set
tlem
ent M
echa
nism
. Th
eir m
embe
rshi
p of
the
WTO
will
mea
n th
at fo
reig
n bu
sine
sses
, in
clud
ing
thos
e of
the
UK,
will
be o
pera
ting
in a
mor
e tra
nspa
rent
an
d pr
edic
tabl
e bu
sine
ss e
nviro
nmen
t. T
his
will
also
sen
d a
broa
der p
ositi
ve s
igna
l to
the
wid
er d
evel
opin
g w
orld
, with
an
Afric
an L
DC
acc
edin
g to
the
WTO
at t
he fi
rst M
inis
teria
l Con
fere
nce
to b
e he
ld in
Afri
ca. I
t will
also
hel
p to
ach
ieve
the
Gov
ernm
ent’s
tra
de p
olic
y ob
ject
ive
of e
xpan
ding
the
WTO
’s m
embe
rshi
p.
The
JHA
opt-i
n w
as tr
igge
red
by in
cide
ntal
Mod
e IV
pro
visi
ons,
re
latin
g to
the
tem
pora
ry m
ovem
ent o
f nat
ural
per
sons
for b
usin
ess.
Th
ese
prov
isio
ns a
re in
line
with
the
UK
’s p
revi
ousl
y-ag
reed
Mod
e IV
com
mitm
ents
und
er th
e W
TO G
ener
al A
gree
men
t on
Trad
e in
Se
rvic
es (G
ATS)
. With
this
and
the
abov
e in
min
d, th
e G
over
nmen
t de
cide
d to
opt
into
the
prov
isio
ns.
On
adop
tion
of th
e D
ecis
ion,
the
UK
laid
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent s
ettin
g ou
t its
pos
ition
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
02/0
1/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
07/1
0/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
21
/09/
2015
(O
TNYR
) Ad
dend
um
subm
itted
23
/10/
2015
ES
C: D
id a
deb
ate
take
pl
ace?
N
o
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
n/a
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
n/a
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 03
/11/
2015
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
01
/12/
2015
Ref.
1264
4/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 91
, 100
(2) a
nd
the
first
sub
para
grap
h of
Ar
ticle
207
(4),
in
conj
unct
ion
with
Arti
cle
218(
9) T
FEU
33
Depa
rtm
ent
Busi
ness
, Inf
orm
atio
n an
d Sk
ills (B
IS)
23
Titl
e Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
esta
blis
hing
th
e po
sitio
n to
be
take
n on
beh
alf o
f the
Eu
rope
an U
nion
with
in
the
Cou
ncil
for T
rade
in
Serv
ices
of t
he W
orld
Tr
ade
Org
anis
atio
n to
no
tify
of p
refe
rent
ial
treat
men
t the
Uni
on
inte
nds
to g
rant
to
serv
ices
and
ser
vice
su
pplie
rs o
f Lea
st
Dev
elop
ed C
ount
ry
Mem
bers
, and
to s
eek
appr
oval
for p
refe
rent
ial
treat
men
t goi
ng b
eyon
d m
arke
t acc
ess
to b
e un
ilate
rally
offe
red
by
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on to
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
ver
sion
) 23
/10/
2015
Th
e Eu
rope
an C
omm
issi
on h
ad p
ropo
sed
to m
ake
notif
icat
ions
to
the
Wor
ld T
rade
Org
anis
atio
n w
ithou
t a d
ecis
ion
in C
ounc
il. T
he
UK,
alo
ng w
ith o
ther
mem
ber s
tate
s, e
nsur
ed th
at th
e de
cisi
on w
as
unde
r the
cor
rect
lega
l bas
es a
nd p
roce
eded
as
a do
uble
dec
isio
n to
resp
ect m
embe
r sta
te c
ompe
tenc
e.
The
JHA
opt-i
n w
as tr
igge
red
by in
cide
ntal
Mod
e IV
pro
visi
ons,
re
latin
g to
the
tem
pora
ry m
ovem
ent o
f nat
ural
per
sons
for b
usin
ess.
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
to o
pt in
to th
e pr
ovis
ions
due
to th
e be
nefit
s of
this
pol
icy
(i) fo
r LD
Cs,
pro
vidi
ng n
ew o
ppor
tuni
ties
for
econ
omic
dev
elop
men
t and
incr
ease
d ex
ports
, in
line
with
DFI
D's
pr
iorit
ies;
(ii)
for t
he U
K, w
ith in
crea
sed
acce
ss to
ser
vice
s su
pplie
rs (w
e ex
pect
the
impa
ct o
n th
e U
K to
be
posi
tive
but s
mal
l);
and
(iii)
as a
vita
l com
pone
nt o
f neg
otia
tions
at t
he W
TO; t
his
notif
icat
ion
is e
ssen
tial t
o de
mon
stra
te d
eliv
ery
of a
n ag
reem
ent i
n th
e la
st W
TO M
inis
teria
l in
2013
and
to a
ssis
t neg
otia
tions
in th
e M
inis
teria
l in
Dec
embe
r 201
5.
On
adop
tion
of th
e D
ecis
ion
on 1
6th
Nov
embe
r 201
5, th
e U
K la
id a
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
16/1
1/20
15
(opt
-in w
indo
w
not r
espe
cted
) De
posi
ted
to P
arlia
men
t 16
/10/
2015
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
07
/08/
2015
(O
TNYR
) ES
C: D
id a
deb
ate
take
pl
ace?
N
o
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 13
/11/
2015
34
serv
ices
and
ser
vice
s su
pplie
rs o
f Lea
st-
Dev
elop
ed C
ount
ries
Cou
ntry
Mem
bers
on
the
basi
s of
the
LDC
Se
rvic
es W
aive
r
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
02
/12/
2015
m
inut
e st
atem
ent s
ettin
g ou
t its
pos
ition
.
Ref.
1307
6/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 91
, 100
, 207
(4)
and
218(
9) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Inte
rnat
iona
l D
evel
opm
ent /
Bu
sine
ss, I
nnov
atio
n an
d Sk
ills
35
Seve
nth
Repo
rt -
Opt
-in D
ecis
ions
1 D
ecem
ber 2
015-
30
Nov
embe
r 201
6
Pr
opos
al
Deci
sion
-mak
ing
proc
ess
Reas
onin
g fo
r Gov
ernm
ent's
dec
isio
n 1
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
of th
e Eu
rope
an P
arlia
men
t an
d of
the
Cou
ncil
esta
blis
hing
a c
risis
re
loca
tion
mec
hani
sm
and
amen
ding
R
egul
atio
n (E
U) N
o 60
4/20
13 o
f the
Eu
rope
an P
arlia
men
t an
d of
the
Cou
ncil
of 2
6 Ju
ne 2
013
esta
blis
hing
th
e cr
iteria
and
m
echa
nism
s fo
r de
term
inin
g th
e M
embe
r Sta
te
resp
onsi
ble
for
exam
inin
g an
ap
plic
atio
n fo
r in
tern
atio
nal p
rote
ctio
n lo
dged
in o
ne o
f the
M
embe
r Sta
tes
by a
th
ird c
ount
ry n
atio
nal o
r a
stat
eles
s pe
rson
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 09
/09/
2015
Th
e U
K di
d no
t opt
in to
the
two
tem
pora
ry p
ropo
sals
allo
win
g fo
r th
e re
loca
tion
of in
divi
dual
s in
nee
d of
inte
rnat
iona
l pro
tect
ion
betw
een
EU M
embe
r Sta
tes
whi
ch w
ere
agre
ed d
urin
g Su
mm
er
2015
. Im
plem
enta
tion
of th
ese
was
ext
rem
ely
slow
with
onl
y ar
ound
160
pe
ople
relo
cate
d fro
m It
aly
and
Gre
ece
whe
n th
e G
over
nmen
t in
form
ed P
arlia
men
t of i
ts o
pt-in
dec
isio
n to
this
mea
sure
in
Dec
embe
r 201
5. N
egot
iatio
ns o
n a
perm
anen
t rel
ocat
ion
mec
hani
sm h
ave
also
pro
ved
long
and
diff
icul
t and
rein
forc
ed th
e G
over
nmen
t's v
iew
that
relo
catio
n is
the
wro
ng re
spon
se to
the
cris
is a
nd th
at th
e tim
e an
d ef
fort
devo
ted
to n
egot
iatin
g th
ese
mea
sure
s w
ould
hav
e be
en fa
r bet
ter s
pent
on
impl
emen
ting
prac
tical
sol
utio
ns to
sec
ure
the
exte
rnal
bor
der a
nd p
rovi
de
sust
aina
ble
prot
ectio
n in
the
regi
on, a
pos
ition
whi
ch th
e U
K ha
s be
en c
allin
g fo
r sin
ce th
e be
ginn
ing
of th
e cr
isis
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
08/1
2/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
16/0
9/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
30
/09/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2015
Ref.
1184
3/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 78
(2)(
e) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
2 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
Da
te o
f Pub
licat
ion
(last
09
/09/
2015
Th
e G
over
nmen
t doe
s se
e m
erit
in e
stab
lishi
ng a
n EU
wid
e sa
fe
36
Reg
ulat
ion
of th
e Eu
rope
an P
arlia
men
t an
d of
the
Cou
ncil
esta
blis
hing
an
EU
com
mon
list
of s
afe
coun
tries
of o
rigin
for
the
purp
oses
of
Dire
ctiv
e 20
13/3
1/EU
of
the
Euro
pean
Pa
rliam
ent a
nd o
f the
C
ounc
il on
com
mon
pr
oced
ures
for g
rant
ing
and
with
draw
ing
inte
rnat
iona
l pro
tect
ion,
an
d am
endi
ng D
irect
ive
2013
/32/
EU
lang
uage
) th
ird c
ount
ry li
st, e
spec
ially
for t
hose
Mem
ber S
tate
s w
ho h
ave
no
expe
rienc
e of
ope
ratin
g su
ch a
list
. How
ever
, the
UK
has
succ
essf
ully
ope
rate
d its
ow
n lis
t for
man
y ye
ars
and
alre
ady
has
esta
blis
hed
proc
edur
es a
nd s
afeg
uard
s in
pla
ce, i
nclu
ding
Pa
rliam
enta
ry a
ppro
val b
efor
e a
coun
try is
des
igna
ted.
Opt
ing
in
wou
ld a
lso
requ
ire th
e U
K to
opt
in to
the
unde
rlyin
g 20
13 A
sylu
m
Proc
edur
es D
irect
ive.
The
UK
orig
inal
ly d
id n
ot o
pt in
to th
is
Dire
ctiv
e as
it w
as d
eem
ed n
ot to
be
in th
e na
tiona
l int
eres
t due
to
impl
icat
ions
for i
mm
igra
tion
cont
rol a
nd th
e in
tegr
ity o
f UK
lega
l sy
stem
s. T
hose
reas
ons
rem
ain
valid
and
we
see
no a
dvan
tage
in
optin
g in
to th
is m
easu
re, s
o di
d no
t opt
in.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
08/1
2/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
16/0
9/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
30
/09/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2015
Ref.
1184
5/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78(
2)(d
) TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
3 Ti
tle
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n au
thor
isin
g th
e op
enin
g of
neg
otia
tions
on
an
agre
emen
t bet
wee
n th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
and
th
e H
ashe
mite
Kin
gdom
of
Jor
dan
on
read
mis
sion
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 22
/09/
2015
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to a
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n au
thor
isin
g th
e op
enin
g of
neg
otia
tions
on
an a
gree
men
t bet
wee
n th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
and
the
Has
hem
ite K
ingd
om o
f Jor
dan
(her
eafte
r ref
erre
d to
as
Jord
an) o
n re
adm
issi
on.
EUR
As e
nsur
e re
cipr
ocal
pro
cedu
res
for t
he id
entif
icat
ion,
do
cum
enta
tion
and
retu
rn o
f per
sons
ille
gally
ent
erin
g or
rem
aini
ng
in E
U M
embe
r Sta
tes.
We
deci
de w
heth
er to
par
ticip
ate
in E
UR
As
on a
cas
e by
cas
e ba
sis,
dep
endi
ng o
n th
e pr
iorit
y w
e at
tach
to th
e co
untry
con
cern
ed in
term
s of
num
bers
of i
mm
igra
tion
retu
rns
and
the
degr
ee to
whi
ch w
e en
joy
a go
od b
ilate
ral r
elat
ions
hip
with
that
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
21/1
2/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
N/A
- no
n-de
posi
tabl
e do
cum
ent
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
N
/A -
non-
depo
sita
ble
docu
men
t ES
C: D
id a
deb
ate
take
pl
ace?
N
/A
37
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
co
untry
. Jo
rdan
is n
ot a
n im
mig
ratio
n re
turn
s pr
iorit
y fo
r the
UK
(the
re w
ere
only
four
enf
orce
d re
turn
s fro
m J
anua
ry to
Sep
tem
ber 2
015)
, and
ou
r ret
urns
pro
cess
is e
xcel
lent
; Jor
dan
is a
cou
ntry
to w
hich
we
retu
rn o
n EU
Let
ters
(thi
s is
eas
ier b
ecau
se w
e do
not
nee
d to
ob
tain
a tr
avel
doc
umen
t if w
e ha
ve s
trong
sup
porti
ng e
vide
nce
of
natio
nalit
y).
We
wou
ld n
ot e
njoy
an
oper
atio
nal a
dvan
tage
if w
e w
ere
to c
hang
e ou
r bila
tera
l arr
ange
men
ts fo
r con
duct
ing
retu
rns
to
Jord
an.
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter o
f 01
/02/
2016
an
d W
MS
of
20/0
4/20
16
Ref.
1213
7/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
218
(3) a
nd (4
) TF
EU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
4 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
R
egul
atio
n of
the
Euro
pean
Par
liam
ent
and
of th
e C
ounc
il la
ying
dow
n co
mm
on
rule
s on
sec
uriti
satio
n an
d cr
eatin
g a
Euro
pean
fram
ewor
k fo
r sim
ple,
and
tra
nspa
rent
and
st
anda
rdis
ed
secu
ritis
atio
n an
d am
endi
ng D
irect
ives
20
09/6
5/EC
, 20
09/1
38/E
C,
2011
/61/
EU a
nd
Reg
ulat
ions
(EC
) No.
10
60/2
009
and
(EU
)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 01
/10/
2015
Th
is G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e ju
stic
e an
d ho
me
affa
irs (J
HA)
pro
visi
ons
with
in th
e Eu
rope
an C
omm
issi
on’s
pro
posa
l fo
r lay
ing
dow
n co
mm
on ru
les
on s
ecur
itisa
tion
and
crea
ting
a Eu
rope
an fr
amew
ork
for s
impl
e, a
nd tr
ansp
aren
t and
sta
ndar
dise
d se
curit
isat
ion.
Ar
ticle
19(
2) o
f the
pro
posa
l req
uire
s th
at w
here
Mem
ber S
tate
s ha
ve c
hose
n to
pur
sue
a cr
imin
al s
anct
ions
regi
me
for b
reac
hes
of
elem
ents
of t
he p
ropo
sals
, tho
se M
embe
r Sta
tes
mus
t ens
ure
that
in
form
atio
n ca
n be
sha
red
betw
een
com
pete
nt a
utho
ritie
s ac
ross
th
e EU
. As
the
prov
isio
n re
quire
s co
oper
atio
n in
volv
ing
law
en
forc
emen
t bod
ies,
the
Gov
ernm
ent b
elie
ves
thes
e ar
e JH
A ob
ligat
ions
and
ther
efor
e ou
r JH
A op
t-in
is tr
igge
red
and
we
have
in
form
ed C
ounc
il of
that
fact
. Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
ese
prov
isio
ns a
s th
ere
are
no s
igni
fican
t ben
efits
to b
e ga
ined
from
doi
ng s
o. T
he
oblig
atio
n to
sha
re in
form
atio
n w
ill fa
ll on
Mem
ber S
tate
s w
ho h
ave
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
31/1
2/20
15
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
02/1
0/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
13
/10/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
38
No.
648
/201
2 Pa
rliam
ent n
otifi
ed o
f de
cisi
on
27/0
1/20
16
a re
leva
nt c
rimin
al s
anct
ions
regi
me,
and
UK
com
pete
nt a
utho
ritie
s w
ill be
in a
pos
ition
to a
cces
s th
is d
ata
irres
pect
ive
of th
e de
cisi
on
to o
pt in
. The
Gov
ernm
ent h
as n
o in
tent
ion
to in
trodu
ce a
crim
inal
sa
nctio
ns re
gim
e in
a w
ay th
at w
ould
lead
to th
is R
egul
atio
n im
posi
ng a
n ob
ligat
ion
on U
K or
on
our c
ompe
tent
aut
horit
ies.
Re
f. 12
601/
15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
114
TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
HM
Tre
asur
y
5 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
R
egul
atio
n of
the
Euro
pean
Par
liam
ent
and
of th
e C
ounc
il on
th
e pr
otec
tion
of th
e in
divi
dual
with
rega
rd to
th
e pr
oces
sing
of
pers
onal
dat
a an
d on
th
e fre
e m
ovem
ent o
f su
ch d
ata
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 17
/12/
2015
Th
is G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e Ju
stic
e an
d H
ome
Affa
irs p
rovi
sion
with
in th
e EU
gen
eral
dat
a pr
otec
tion
regu
latio
n (G
DPR
). N
egot
iatio
ns o
n th
e re
gula
tion
wer
e co
nclu
ded
on 1
5 D
ecem
ber 2
015
and
a pr
opos
ed fi
nal c
ompr
omis
e te
xt w
as
com
mun
icat
ed to
the
Eur
opea
n C
ounc
il on
17
Dec
embe
r. Th
e G
DPR
was
ado
pted
in A
pril
2016
. Th
e co
mpr
omis
e te
xt p
ublis
hed
at th
e en
d of
trio
logu
e ne
gotia
tions
on
17
Dec
embe
r 201
5 w
as th
e fir
st fo
rmal
text
that
con
tain
ed
wor
ding
in A
rticl
e 43
a, w
hich
trig
gers
the
UK
’s o
pt-in
und
er p
roto
col
21. T
his
artic
le d
eals
with
the
reco
gniti
on a
nd e
nfor
cem
ent o
f ju
dgm
ents
, and
incl
udes
con
tent
that
falls
und
er a
rticl
e 81
(jud
icia
l co
-ope
ratio
n in
civ
il m
atte
rs) a
nd a
rticl
e 82
(jud
icia
l co-
oper
atio
n in
cr
imin
al m
atte
rs) T
reat
y on
the
Func
tioni
ng o
f the
Eur
opea
n U
nion
, th
ereb
y tri
gger
ing
the
UK’
s JH
A op
t-in.
The
text
rest
ricts
a m
embe
r st
ate
from
enf
orci
ng a
judg
men
t req
uirin
g th
e tra
nsfe
r or d
iscl
osur
e of
per
sona
l dat
a w
here
ther
e is
no
inte
rnat
iona
l agr
eem
ent o
r tre
aty.
As
a re
sult
of c
once
rns
rela
ting
to th
e in
tegr
ity o
f the
UK
lega
l sy
stem
, the
UK
did
not o
pt-in
to th
e pa
rts o
f Arti
cle
43a
whi
ch
trigg
ered
Pro
toco
l 21.
Due
to th
e la
te in
trodu
ctio
n of
the
JHA
cont
ent i
nto
the
text
, it w
as n
ot p
ossi
ble
in th
is c
ase
to c
ompl
ete
the
norm
al s
crut
iny
proc
edur
es.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
N/A
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
N/A
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
N
/A
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
04
/02/
2016
Ref.
1532
3/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
16
TFEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or C
ultu
re,
Med
ia a
nd S
port
6 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
R
egul
atio
n of
the
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 16
/12/
2015
Th
is R
egul
atio
n w
as p
art o
f a w
ider
pac
kage
of m
easu
res
prop
osed
by
the
Com
mis
sion
to e
nsur
e th
e pr
otec
tion
of th
e EU
's e
xter
nal
39
Euro
pean
Par
liam
ent
and
of th
e C
ounc
il am
endi
ng C
ounc
il R
egul
atio
n (E
C) N
o 76
8/20
05 e
stab
lishi
ng a
C
omm
unity
Fis
herie
s C
ontro
l Age
ncy
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
15/0
3/20
16
bord
ers
and
cite
d a
fishe
ries
lega
l bas
e, A
rticl
e 42
(2) T
FEU
, re
flect
ing
the
lega
l bas
e fo
r the
foun
ding
regu
latio
n th
at it
see
ks to
am
end.
Al
thou
gh E
FCA
has
no
law
enf
orce
men
t rol
e its
elf,
the
prop
osal
w
ould
, non
ethe
less
, for
mal
ly e
stab
lish
co-o
pera
tion
and
exch
ange
of
info
rmat
ion
betw
een
this
age
ncy
and
natio
nal a
utho
ritie
s in
tend
ed fo
r the
pre
vent
ion,
det
ectio
n, a
nd in
vest
igat
ion
of c
rimin
al
offe
nces
, inc
ludi
ng th
e tra
ffick
ing
of h
uman
s, w
eapo
ns a
nd d
rugs
as
wel
l as
for m
igra
tion
cont
rol.
The
effe
ct o
f the
mea
sure
wou
ld th
en
amou
nt to
co-
oper
atio
n th
at fa
lls w
ithin
the
scop
e of
the
Just
ice
and
Hom
e Af
fairs
sec
tion
of th
e EU
Tre
atie
s, b
ecau
se E
FCA
wou
ld th
en
be e
xpec
ted
to fa
cilit
ate
the
exch
ange
and
sha
ring
of s
uch
info
rmat
ion
for p
urpo
ses
beyo
nd it
s cu
rren
t rol
e.
D
espi
te m
akin
g th
e ca
se fo
r an
addi
tiona
l Titl
e V
lega
l bas
e in
the
prop
osal
, giv
en th
e G
over
nmen
t’s v
iew
that
a s
ubst
antia
l pro
porti
on
of th
e pr
opos
al re
late
s to
sup
port
and
info
rmat
ion
exch
ange
for
bord
er c
ontro
l and
law
enf
orce
men
t fun
ctio
ns, t
he U
K re
ceiv
ed n
o su
ppor
t fro
m o
ther
Mem
ber S
tate
s or
from
the
Com
mis
sion
on
this
re
ques
t as
they
felt
that
the
JHA
cont
ent a
nd a
im o
f the
pro
posa
l w
as to
o sm
all t
o ju
stify
a jo
int l
egal
bas
e. A
s a
resu
lt, w
hils
t the
G
over
nmen
t stil
l con
side
red
that
ther
e w
as a
cas
e fo
r suc
h a
lega
l ba
se a
nd th
at th
e pr
opos
al c
onta
ined
JH
A co
nten
t, it
deci
ded
to n
ot
opt i
n to
this
pro
posa
l.
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
21/1
2/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
08
/01/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
15
/12/
2016
Ref.
1539
5/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
43(
2) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Envi
ronm
ent,
Food
and
R
ural
Affa
irs
7 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
R
egul
atio
n of
the
Euro
pean
Par
liam
ent
and
of th
e C
ounc
il am
endi
ng R
egul
atio
n (E
C) N
o 14
06/2
002
esta
blis
hing
a
Euro
pean
Mar
itim
e Sa
fety
Age
ncy
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 16
/12/
2015
Th
is R
egul
atio
n w
as p
art o
f a w
ider
pac
kage
of m
easu
res
prop
osed
by
the
Com
mis
sion
to e
nsur
e th
e pr
otec
tion
of th
e EU
's e
xter
nal
bord
ers
and
cite
d a
trans
port
lega
l bas
e, A
rticl
e 10
0(2)
TFE
U,
refle
ctin
g th
e le
gal b
ase
for t
he fo
undi
ng re
gula
tion
that
it s
eeks
to
amen
d.
Alth
ough
EM
SA h
as n
o la
w e
nfor
cem
ent r
ole
itsel
f, th
e pr
opos
al
wou
ld, n
onet
hele
ss, f
orm
ally
est
ablis
h co
-ope
ratio
n an
d ex
chan
ge
of in
form
atio
n be
twee
n th
is a
genc
y an
d na
tiona
l aut
horit
ies
inte
nded
for t
he p
reve
ntio
n, d
etec
tion,
and
inve
stig
atio
n of
crim
inal
of
fenc
es, i
nclu
ding
the
traffi
ckin
g of
hum
ans,
wea
pons
and
dru
gs a
s
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
15/0
3/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
21/1
2/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
10
/02/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
40
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
wel
l as
for m
igra
tion
cont
rol.
The
effe
ct o
f the
mea
sure
wou
ld th
en
amou
nt to
co-
oper
atio
n th
at fa
lls w
ithin
the
scop
e of
the
Just
ice
and
Hom
e Af
fairs
sec
tion
of th
e EU
Tre
atie
s, b
ecau
se E
MSA
wou
ld
then
be
expe
cted
to fa
cilit
ate
the
exch
ange
and
sha
ring
of s
uch
info
rmat
ion
for p
urpo
ses
beyo
nd it
s cu
rren
t rol
e.
The
amen
dmen
ts in
the
prop
osed
Reg
ulat
ion
wou
ld a
lso
allo
w th
e C
omm
issi
on to
mak
e re
com
men
datio
ns fo
r coo
pera
tion
at n
atio
nal,
EU a
nd in
tern
atio
nal l
evel
. As
the
info
rmat
ion
colle
cted
by
EM
SA
wou
ld b
e sh
ared
for j
ustic
e an
d ho
me
affa
irs p
urpo
ses
fallin
g w
ithin
Ar
ticle
s 77
(2)(
d) a
nd 8
7(2)
(a) o
f the
Tre
aty
on th
e Fu
nctio
ning
of t
he
Euro
pean
Uni
on, t
he G
over
nmen
t con
side
red
that
the
Just
ice
and
Hom
e Af
fairs
opt
-in a
pplie
d. D
espi
te m
akin
g th
e ca
se fo
r an
addi
tiona
l Titl
e V
lega
l bas
e in
the
prop
osal
, giv
en th
e G
over
nmen
t’s v
iew
that
a s
ubst
antia
l pro
porti
on o
f the
pro
posa
l re
late
s to
sup
port
and
info
rmat
ion
exch
ange
for b
orde
r con
trol a
nd
law
enf
orce
men
t fun
ctio
ns in
form
atio
n sh
arin
g am
ongs
t Mem
ber
Stat
es h
ad J
ustic
e an
d H
ome
Affa
irs (J
HA)
impl
icat
ions
, the
UK
rece
ived
no
supp
ort f
rom
oth
er M
embe
r Sta
tes
or fr
om th
e C
omm
issi
on o
n th
is re
ques
t as
they
felt
that
the
JHA
cont
ent a
nd
aim
of t
he p
ropo
sal w
as to
o sm
all t
o ju
stify
a jo
int l
egal
bas
e. A
s a
resu
lt, w
hils
t the
Gov
ernm
ent s
till c
onsi
dere
d th
at th
ere
was
a c
ase
for s
uch
a le
gal b
ase
and
that
the
prop
osal
con
tain
ed J
HA
cont
ent,
it de
cide
d to
not
opt
in to
this
pro
posa
l.
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
25
/10/
2016
Ref.
1539
0/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
100
(2) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Tran
spor
t
8 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
Dire
ctiv
e of
the
Eur
opea
n Pa
rliam
ent a
nd o
f the
C
ounc
il on
com
batin
g te
rror
ism
to re
plac
e C
ounc
il Fr
amew
ork
Dec
isio
n 20
02/4
75/J
HA
on c
omba
ting
terr
oris
m
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 20
/12/
2015
Th
e dr
aft E
U D
irect
ive
on C
omba
ting
Terr
oris
m is
inte
nded
to
repl
ace
the
2002
Fra
mew
ork
Dec
isio
n on
Com
batin
g Te
rror
ism
(2
002/
475/
JHA)
, as
amen
ded
in 2
008.
The
dra
ft m
easu
re s
eeks
to
ensu
re th
at M
embe
r Sta
tes
are
com
plia
nt w
ith in
tern
atio
nal
oblig
atio
ns b
y se
tting
min
imum
sta
ndar
ds a
cros
s th
e EU
for
crim
inal
isin
g ce
rtain
act
s as
terr
oris
t offe
nces
with
in n
atio
nal l
aw.
The
UK’
s do
mes
tic le
gisl
atio
n is
com
plia
nt w
ith in
tern
atio
nal
oblig
atio
ns in
this
are
a, s
peci
fical
ly th
e U
N S
ecur
ity C
ounc
il R
esol
utio
n 21
78 a
nd th
e C
ounc
il of
Eur
ope
Addi
tiona
l Pro
toco
l to
the
2005
Con
vent
ion
on th
e Pr
even
tion
of T
erro
rism
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
19/0
3/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
08/1
2/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
17
/12/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
Yes
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
07/0
3/20
16
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
N/A
41
plac
e?
Ther
efor
e U
K le
gisl
atio
n is
alre
ady
subs
tant
ially
com
plia
nt w
ith th
e pr
opos
als
in th
e dr
aft D
irect
ive
and
furth
erm
ore,
the
Gov
ernm
ent i
s cl
ear t
hat w
e sh
ould
not
do
anyt
hing
whi
ch c
ould
bin
d us
to a
n ex
erci
se o
f EU
com
pete
nce,
or w
hich
cou
ld li
mit
our a
bilit
y to
act
in
depe
nden
tly in
the
coun
ter-
terr
oris
m le
gisl
atio
n fie
ld in
the
futu
re.
The
prev
ious
Gov
ernm
ent a
lso
opte
d ou
t of t
he 2
002
Fram
ewor
k D
ecis
ion
(as
amen
ded)
in D
ecem
ber 2
014
as p
art o
f the
blo
ck o
pt
out f
rom
a n
umbe
r of p
olic
e an
d ju
dici
al c
o-op
erat
ion
mea
sure
s.
The
Gov
ernm
ent t
here
fore
dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e dr
aft
Dire
ctiv
e, n
or w
ould
it o
pt-in
to th
e pr
opos
al p
ost-a
dopt
ion.
Thi
s de
cisi
on d
oes
not a
ffect
the
Gov
ernm
ent’s
bro
ad s
uppo
rt fo
r en
surin
g al
l Mem
ber S
tate
s ar
e co
mpl
iant
with
thei
r int
erna
tiona
l ob
ligat
ions
in th
is a
rea.
Nor
doe
s th
is d
ecis
ion
chan
ge th
e im
porta
nce
that
the
UK
Gov
ernm
ent a
ttach
es to
col
labo
rativ
e in
tern
atio
nal e
fforts
to c
omba
t the
thre
at fr
om fo
reig
n fig
hter
s. T
he
UK
cont
inue
s to
, co-
oper
ate
with
EU
Mem
ber S
tate
s an
d in
tern
atio
nal o
rgan
isat
ions
to s
uppo
rt ou
r int
erna
tiona
l par
tner
s in
th
is a
rea
and
to s
hape
the
stra
tegi
c ap
proa
ch to
cou
nter
-terr
oris
m
inte
rnat
iona
lly.
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
De
cisi
on
Did
not
opt
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter o
f 12
/04/
2016
Ref.
1492
6/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
83(
1) a
nd A
rticl
e 82
(2) (
c) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
9 Ti
tle
Prop
osal
for a
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n de
term
inin
g th
e EU
pos
ition
for a
R
ecom
men
datio
n of
the
Join
t Rea
dmis
sion
C
omm
ittee
set
up
unde
r th
e R
eadm
issi
on
Agre
emen
t bet
wee
n th
e Eu
rope
an C
omm
unity
an
d th
e R
ussi
an
Fede
ratio
n, w
ith re
gard
to
read
mis
sion
ap
plic
atio
ns re
quiri
ng
the
arra
ngem
ent o
f in
terv
iew
s
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 21
/12/
2015
Th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
seek
s to
agr
ee th
e U
nion
’s p
ositi
on in
rela
tion
to a
Rec
omm
enda
tion
of th
e Jo
int R
eadm
issi
on C
omm
ittee
(JR
C -
whi
ch c
onsi
sts
of th
e EU
and
Rus
sia
and
was
set
up
to c
onsi
der
and
advi
se o
n im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e EU
-Rus
sia
read
mis
sion
ag
reem
ent (
EUR
A)).
The
Rec
omm
enda
tion
sets
out
tim
esca
les
for
Rus
sia
and
Mem
ber S
tate
s to
arr
ange
read
mis
sion
inte
rvie
ws
(for
the
purp
ose
of d
eter
min
ing
natio
nalit
y).
The
Gov
ernm
ent d
id n
ot c
onsi
der t
hat t
he p
lann
ed
Rec
omm
enda
tion
of th
e JR
C w
ould
hav
e “le
gal e
ffect
s” w
hich
m
eant
that
a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
was
not
app
ropr
iate
and
that
a U
nion
po
sitio
n on
the
Rec
omm
enda
tion
shou
ld b
e ag
reed
via
Cou
ncil
Con
clus
ions
. The
Cou
ncil,
how
ever
, con
tinue
d to
mai
ntai
n its
po
sitio
n th
at a
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n is
app
ropr
iate
. O
n th
e U
K’s
opt
-in, t
he C
omm
issi
on a
nd C
ounc
il co
nsid
ered
that
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
20/0
3/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
23/1
2/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
21
/01/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
42
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
the
UK
is a
utom
atic
ally
bou
nd, a
s it
alre
ady
parta
kes
in th
e R
eadm
issi
on A
gree
men
t, an
d th
eref
ore
no re
cita
l ref
lect
ing
the
UK’
s vi
ew o
f its
opt
-in p
ositi
on is
incl
uded
in th
e te
xt o
f the
Dec
isio
n th
at w
as p
ut fo
rwar
d fo
r ado
ptio
n. H
owev
er, t
he U
K po
sitio
n re
mai
ns th
at a
s th
e pr
opos
al c
ites
a le
gal b
ase
in T
itle
V TF
EU, i
n ac
cord
ance
with
Pro
toco
l No
21, t
he U
K’s
opt
-in a
pplie
d to
this
pr
opos
al. T
he G
over
nmen
t has
mad
e a
deci
sion
not
to o
pt in
, and
la
id a
min
ute
stat
emen
t to
clar
ify th
at p
ositi
on.
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter -
04
/05/
2016
Ref.
1552
0/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
79(
3) T
FEU
, in
conj
unct
ion
with
Arti
cle
218(
9).
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
10
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
esta
blis
hing
th
e po
sitio
n to
be
take
n on
beh
alf o
f the
Eu
rope
an U
nion
with
in
the
Join
t Rea
dmis
sion
C
omm
ittee
on
a D
ecis
ion
of th
e Jo
int
Rea
dmis
sion
C
omm
ittee
on
impl
emen
ting
arra
ngem
ents
for t
he
appl
icat
ion
of A
rticl
es 4
an
d 6
of th
e Ag
reem
ent
betw
een
the
Euro
pean
U
nion
and
the
Rep
ublic
of
Tur
key
on th
e re
adm
issi
on o
f per
sons
re
sidi
ng w
ithou
t au
thor
isat
ion
as o
f 1
June
201
6
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 12
/02/
2016
Th
e pr
opos
ed C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
soug
ht to
brin
g fo
rwar
d th
e ef
fect
ive
date
of e
ntry
of t
he A
rticl
es w
ithin
the
read
mis
sion
agr
eem
ent o
n th
e re
adm
issi
on o
f thi
rd c
ount
ry n
atio
nals
and
sta
tele
ss p
erso
ns to
Tu
rkey
from
1 O
ctob
er 2
017
to 1
Jun
e 20
16. G
iven
the
impo
rtanc
e th
e EU
pla
ces
on th
is p
ropo
sal,
the
opt-i
n pr
oces
s w
as e
xped
ited
so
that
it c
ould
be
adop
ted
by 2
4 M
arch
201
6, in
tim
e fo
r the
nex
t JR
C
with
Tur
key.
O
n th
e U
K’s
opt
-in, t
he C
omm
issi
on a
nd C
ounc
il co
nsid
ered
that
th
e U
K is
aut
omat
ical
ly b
ound
, as
it al
read
y pa
rtake
s in
the
Rea
dmis
sion
Agr
eem
ent,
and
ther
efor
e no
reci
tal r
efle
ctin
g th
e U
K’s
view
of i
ts o
pt-in
pos
ition
is in
clud
ed in
the
text
of t
he D
ecis
ion
that
was
put
forw
ard
for a
dopt
ion.
How
ever
, the
UK
posi
tion
rem
ains
that
as
the
prop
osal
cite
s a
lega
l bas
e in
Titl
e V
TFEU
, in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith P
roto
col N
o 21
, the
UK
’s o
pt-in
app
lied
to th
is
prop
osal
. The
UK
opte
d in
to th
is p
ropo
sal a
s w
e su
ppor
ted
early
im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e re
leva
nt a
spec
ts o
f the
EU
-Tur
key
read
mis
sion
agr
eem
ent.
The
UK
info
rmed
the
Pres
iden
cy o
f the
C
ounc
il vi
a w
ritte
n pr
oced
ure
and
clar
ified
the
UK’
s po
sitio
n on
the
appl
icat
ion
of th
e U
K’s
Titl
e V
opt-i
n Pr
otoc
ol b
y la
ying
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
24/0
3/20
16
(exp
edite
d tim
efra
me)
De
posi
ted
to P
arlia
men
t 12
/02/
2016
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
14
/03/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 22
/03/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter -
04
/05/
2016
43
Ref.
6020
/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 79
(3) T
FEU
, in
conj
unct
ion
with
Arti
cle
218(
9).
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
11
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
esta
blis
hing
pr
ovis
iona
l mea
sure
s in
th
e ar
ea o
f int
erna
tiona
l pr
otec
tion
for t
he
bene
fit o
f Sw
eden
in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith A
rticl
e 9
of C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
(EU
) 201
5/15
23 a
nd
Artic
le 9
of C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
(EU
) 20
15/1
601
esta
blis
hing
pr
ovis
iona
l mea
sure
s in
th
e ar
ea o
f int
erna
tiona
l pr
otec
tion
for t
he
bene
fit o
f Ita
ly a
nd
Gre
ece.
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 21
/12/
2015
Th
e G
over
nmen
t doe
s no
t sup
port
relo
catio
n as
it is
the
wro
ng
resp
onse
to th
e m
igra
tory
pre
ssur
es th
e EU
face
s - i
t und
erm
ines
th
e im
porta
nt p
rinci
ple
that
asy
lum
sho
uld
be c
laim
ed in
the
first
sa
fe c
ount
ry a
nd d
oes
not a
ddre
ss th
e ca
uses
of i
llega
l mig
ratio
n.
The
Gov
ernm
ent h
as n
ot o
pted
in to
any
relo
catio
n m
easu
re s
o fa
r an
d th
eref
ore
the
UK
did
not o
pt in
to th
is p
ropo
sal.
The
Cou
ncil
docu
men
t ref
lect
s th
is p
ositi
on. T
he Im
mig
ratio
n M
inis
ter i
nfor
med
th
e Pa
rliam
enta
ry S
crut
iny
Com
mitt
ees
by w
ay o
f an
Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m o
f 11
Janu
ary
2016
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
20/0
3/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
21/1
2/20
15
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
11
/01/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y Ex
plan
ator
y M
emor
andu
m,
on 1
1 Ja
nuar
y 20
16.
Ref.
1540
5/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78(
3) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
12
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
of th
e Eu
rope
an P
arlia
men
t
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 05
/01/
2016
W
ithin
the
Eur
opea
n C
omm
issi
on’s
pro
posa
l on
the
pros
pect
us to
be
pub
lishe
d w
hen
secu
ritie
s ar
e of
fere
d to
the
publ
ic o
r adm
itted
to
tradi
ng, t
he G
over
nmen
t con
side
red
that
ther
e w
ere
Just
ice
and
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
04/0
4/20
16
44
and
of th
e C
ounc
il on
th
e pr
ospe
ctus
to b
e pu
blis
hed
whe
n se
curit
ies
are
offe
red
to
the
publ
ic o
r adm
itted
to
tradi
ng
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
03/1
2/20
15
Hom
e Af
fairs
(JH
A) p
rovi
sion
s.
The
prop
osal
requ
ires
that
whe
re M
embe
r Sta
tes
have
cho
sen
to
purs
ue a
crim
inal
san
ctio
ns re
gim
e fo
r bre
ache
s of
ele
men
ts o
f the
pr
opos
als,
thos
e M
embe
r Sta
tes
mus
t ens
ure
that
info
rmat
ion
can
be s
hare
d be
twee
n co
mpe
tent
aut
horit
ies
acro
ss th
e E
U. A
s th
e pr
ovis
ion
requ
ires
coop
erat
ion
invo
lvin
g la
w e
nfor
cem
ent b
odie
s,
the
Gov
ernm
ent b
elie
ves
thes
e ar
e JH
A o
blig
atio
ns a
nd th
eref
ore
our J
HA
opt-i
n is
trig
gere
d an
d w
e in
form
ed C
ounc
il of
that
fact
. Th
e G
over
nmen
t has
dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
ese
prov
isio
ns a
s th
ere
are
no s
igni
fican
t ben
efits
to b
e ga
ined
from
doi
ng s
o. T
he
oblig
atio
n to
sha
re in
form
atio
n w
ill fa
ll on
Mem
ber S
tate
s w
ho h
ave
a re
leva
nt c
rimin
al s
anct
ions
regi
me,
and
UK
com
pete
nt a
utho
ritie
s w
ill be
in a
pos
ition
to a
cces
s th
is d
ata
irres
pect
ive
of th
e de
cisi
on
to o
pt in
. The
Gov
ernm
ent h
as n
o in
tent
ion
to in
trodu
ce a
crim
inal
sa
nctio
ns re
gim
e in
a w
ay th
at w
ould
lead
to th
is R
egul
atio
n im
posi
ng a
n ob
ligat
ion
on U
K or
on
our c
ompe
tent
aut
horit
ies.
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
14
/12/
2015
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
De
cisi
on
Did
not
opt
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
24
/01/
2017
Ref.
1489
0/15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
114
TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
HM
Tre
asur
y
13
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
of th
e Eu
rope
an P
arlia
men
t an
d of
the
Cou
ncil
on a
Eu
rope
an tr
avel
do
cum
ent f
or th
e re
turn
of
ille
gally
sta
ying
third
-co
untry
nat
iona
ls
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 01
/02/
2016
Th
e Eu
rope
an C
omm
issi
on, k
een
to d
emon
stra
te it
is ta
king
act
ion
on re
turn
s, p
ut fo
rwar
d th
is p
ropo
sal f
or a
new
EU
trav
el d
ocum
ent
for r
etur
ns (a
lso
know
n as
lais
sez-
pass
er o
r EU
Let
ter (
EUL)
). It
spec
ifica
lly s
eeks
to im
prov
e th
e ef
fect
ive
retu
rn o
f thi
rd c
ount
ry
natio
nals
who
do
not f
ulfil
or n
o lo
nger
fulfi
l the
con
ditio
ns fo
r ent
ry,
stay
or r
esid
ence
in th
e M
embe
r Sta
te o
f the
Uni
on, w
hen
thos
e th
ird c
ount
ry n
atio
nals
pos
sess
no
valid
trav
el d
ocum
ents
. C
urre
ntly
, as
per C
ounc
il R
ecom
men
datio
n of
30
Nov
embe
r 199
4 en
title
d ‘s
tand
ard
trave
l doc
umen
t for
the
rem
oval
/exp
ulsi
on o
f th
ird-c
ount
ry fo
reig
n na
tiona
ls’,
Mem
ber S
tate
s m
ay is
sue
a do
cum
ent (
com
mon
ly k
now
n as
a la
isse
z-pa
sser
) for
ille
gal t
hird
co
untry
nat
iona
ls w
ho d
o no
t pos
sess
a v
alid
trav
el d
ocum
ent w
hich
th
is n
ew E
U tr
avel
doc
umen
t see
ks to
repl
ace.
The
Gov
ernm
ent
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
15/0
4/20
16
(exp
edite
d tim
efra
me)
De
posi
ted
to P
arlia
men
t 11
/01/
2016
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
02
/02/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
45
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
N/A
de
cide
d no
t to
opt i
n to
this
new
pro
posa
l. Th
e U
K us
es th
e cu
rren
t do
cum
ent s
ucce
ssfu
lly. W
e do
not
con
side
r tha
t the
pro
posa
l wou
ld
furth
er im
prov
e th
e pr
oces
s fo
r ret
urni
ng th
ird c
ount
ry n
atio
nals
who
ar
e ill
egal
ly p
rese
nt in
the
UK
give
n w
e al
read
y us
e th
e ex
istin
g EU
tra
vel d
ocum
ent f
or re
turn
s pu
rpos
es to
a n
umbe
r of c
ount
ries.
In
add
ition
, we
cons
ider
ed it
unl
ikel
y th
ere
wou
ld b
e a
sign
ifica
nt
impa
ct o
n th
e U
K’s
con
tinue
d us
e of
the
1994
Rec
omm
enda
tion
‘lais
sez-
pass
er’.
We
will
cont
inue
to u
se th
e do
cum
ent a
s w
e cu
rren
tly d
o an
d w
ill e
xpec
t thi
rd c
ount
ries
to d
o th
e sa
me
as p
er
curr
ent b
ilate
rally
agr
eed
proc
esse
s. W
e w
ill re
ly o
n ex
istin
g go
od
rela
tions
and
dip
lom
atic
eng
agem
ent t
o en
sure
we
can
cont
inue
as
per c
urre
nt p
roce
sses
.
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter -
19
/05/
2016
Re
f. 15
391/
15
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
79(
2)(c
) TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
14
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a D
irect
ive
of th
e E
urop
ean
Parli
amen
t and
of t
he
Cou
ncil
amen
ding
C
ounc
il Fr
amew
ork
Dec
isio
n 20
09/3
15/J
HA,
as
rega
rds
the
exch
ange
of
info
rmat
ion
on th
ird
coun
try n
atio
nals
and
as
re
gard
s th
e E
urop
ean
Crim
inal
Rec
ords
In
form
atio
n S
yste
m
(EC
RIS
), an
d re
plac
ing
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n 20
09/3
16/J
HA
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 25
/01/
2016
Th
is p
ropo
sal s
eeks
to d
evel
op fu
rther
the
Eur
opea
n C
rimin
al
Rec
ords
Info
rmat
ion
Sys
tem
(EC
RIS
) (w
hich
cur
rent
ly is
a
mec
hani
sm w
hich
allo
ws
UK
law
enf
orce
men
t age
ncie
s to
see
k th
e pr
evio
us c
onvi
ctio
ns o
f EU
nat
iona
ls in
volv
ed in
an
inve
stig
atio
n or
pr
osec
utio
n, a
nd th
e U
K is
one
of t
he b
igge
st u
sers
of t
he s
yste
m).
The
prop
osal
see
ks to
dev
elop
EC
RIS
in re
latio
n to
third
cou
ntry
na
tiona
ls, a
s w
ell a
s fo
r fin
gerp
rints
to b
e lin
ked
to c
rimin
al
conv
ictio
ns (a
s is
the
case
in th
e U
K) s
o th
at c
rimin
als
coul
d no
t hi
de th
eir i
dent
ity. T
hese
wer
e de
velo
pmen
ts th
at th
e U
K pu
shed
fo
r. Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
to o
pt in
on
the
basi
s th
at
parti
cipa
tion
will
expa
nd th
e am
ount
of i
nfor
mat
ion
our p
olic
e of
ficer
s ca
n ac
cess
abo
ut fo
reig
n na
tiona
ls w
ho h
ave
offe
nded
in
the
UK,
ens
ure
polic
ing
and
pros
ecut
ions
are
fully
info
rmed
, and
ad
d fu
rther
wei
ght t
o th
e ca
se fo
r ind
ivid
uals
to b
e re
mov
ed fr
om
this
cou
ntry
und
er im
mig
ratio
n po
wer
s.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
24/0
4/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
25/0
1/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
03
/02/
2016
an
d a
SEM
on
11/0
2/20
16
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
Yes
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
17/0
4/20
16
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 22
/04/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter o
f 16
/05/
2016
Re
f. 54
38/1
6
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
82(
1)(d
)
46
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
15
Title
R
ecom
men
datio
n fo
r a
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n au
thor
isin
g th
e op
enin
g of
neg
otia
tions
on
a C
onve
ntio
n on
the
reco
gniti
on a
nd
enfo
rcem
ent o
f ju
dgm
ents
in c
ivil
and
com
mer
cial
mat
ters
(th
e Ju
dgem
ents
C
onve
ntio
n) in
the
fram
ewor
k of
the
Hag
ue
Con
fere
nce
on P
rivat
e In
tern
atio
nal L
aw
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 08
/04/
2016
Th
e H
ague
Con
fere
nce
has
conv
ened
a s
erie
s of
Spe
cial
C
omm
issi
ons
to c
onsi
der b
oth
the
feas
ibilit
y an
d co
nten
t of a
dra
ft gl
obal
Con
vent
ion
on th
e re
cogn
ition
and
enf
orce
men
t of c
ivil
and
com
mer
cial
judg
men
ts. T
he U
K is
pla
ying
a le
adin
g pa
rt in
the
draf
ting
of a
text
. At t
he m
omen
t, no
com
preh
ensi
ve in
tern
atio
nal
lega
l ins
trum
ent e
xist
s, a
nd s
houl
d th
e di
scus
sion
s at
a H
ague
C
onfe
renc
e le
vel b
e su
cces
sful
, suc
h an
inst
rum
ent w
ill be
val
uabl
e in
rela
tion
to th
e re
cogn
ition
and
enf
orce
men
t of j
udgm
ents
to a
nd
from
the
UK,
bot
h at
an
EU
and
inte
rnat
iona
l lev
el. I
t is
likel
y to
be
som
e ye
ars,
how
ever
, bef
ore
an a
gree
d te
xt e
mer
ges.
Th
e C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
refe
rs to
the
EU n
egot
iatin
g m
anda
te fo
r the
Sp
ecia
l Com
mis
sion
s, a
s th
e E
U h
as e
xclu
sive
ext
erna
l co
mpe
tenc
e to
neg
otia
te o
n be
half
of E
U M
embe
r Sta
tes
in th
is
area
. As
the
mea
sure
cite
s a
Title
V le
gal b
ase,
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
Prot
ocol
No
21, t
he G
over
nmen
t con
side
rs th
at th
e U
K's
JHA
opt-i
n ap
plie
s. G
iven
the
UK
’s s
uppo
rt in
prin
cipl
e fo
r the
aim
s of
the
Con
vent
ion
and
our a
ctiv
e in
volv
emen
t in
wor
k at
The
Hag
ue, t
he
Gov
ernm
ent d
ecid
ed to
opt
in.
As th
e C
omm
issi
on a
nd C
ounc
il do
not
con
side
r tha
t the
opt
-in
appl
ies
in c
ircum
stan
ces
whe
re th
e EU
has
exc
lusi
ve e
xter
nal
com
pete
nce,
the
UK
laid
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent c
larif
ying
the
appl
icat
ion
of th
e op
t-in.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
07/0
7/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
N/A
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
N
/A
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 23
/06/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
20
/07/
2017
Ref.
7744
/16
RE
STR
EIN
T EU
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 81
, 218
(3) a
nd
(4) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Min
istry
of J
ustic
e
16
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
CO
UN
CIL
DEC
ISIO
N
on th
e si
gnin
g, o
n be
half
of th
e E
urop
ean
Uni
on, o
f the
Cou
ncil
of
Euro
pe C
onve
ntio
n on
pr
even
ting
and
com
batin
g vi
olen
ce
agai
nst w
omen
and
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 08
/03/
2016
Th
is p
ropo
sal s
eeks
aut
horis
atio
n fo
r the
EU
to s
ign
the
Cou
ncil
of
Euro
pe C
onve
ntio
n on
pre
vent
ing
and
com
batin
g vi
olen
ce a
gain
st
wom
en a
nd d
omes
tic v
iole
nce.
The
UK
sign
ed th
e Is
tanb
ul
Con
vent
ion
on 8
Jun
e 20
12 to
sig
nal i
ts s
trong
com
mitm
ent t
o ta
cklin
g vi
olen
ce a
gain
st w
omen
and
girl
s, a
nd th
is G
over
nmen
t re
mai
ns c
omm
itted
to ra
tifyi
ng th
e C
onve
ntio
n.
How
ever
, the
Gov
ernm
ent d
oes
not a
gree
that
the
EU h
as
excl
usiv
e ex
tern
al c
ompe
tenc
e in
rela
tion
to th
is C
onve
ntio
n an
d
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
07/0
6/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
07/0
3/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
21
/03/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
47
dom
estic
vio
lenc
e Da
te o
f Com
mon
s de
bate
N
/A
does
not
con
side
r tha
t the
EU
is re
quire
d to
acc
ede
to th
e C
onve
ntio
n. T
he G
over
nmen
t con
side
rs th
at it
sho
uld
have
bee
n fo
r th
e C
ounc
il to
det
erm
ine
freel
y th
e m
atte
rs in
resp
ect o
f whi
ch th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
sho
uld
sign
the
Con
vent
ion.
Th
e G
over
nmen
t the
refo
re d
ecid
ed n
ot to
opt
in to
this
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n, a
nd w
ill la
y a
min
ute
stat
emen
t on
adop
tion
of th
e D
ecis
ion
clar
ifyin
g th
e U
K po
sitio
n on
com
pete
nce.
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter o
f 13
June
201
6
Ref.
6695
/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
82(
2) a
nd A
rticl
e 84
, in
conj
unct
ion
with
Ar
ticle
218
(5) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
17
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
CO
UN
CIL
DEC
ISIO
N
on th
e co
nclu
sion
, by
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on, o
f th
e C
ounc
il of
Eur
ope
Con
vent
ion
on
prev
entin
g an
d co
mba
ting
viol
ence
ag
ains
t wom
en a
nd
dom
estic
vio
lenc
e
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 08
/03/
2016
Th
is p
ropo
sal s
eeks
aut
horis
atio
n fo
r the
EU
to c
oncl
ude
the
Cou
ncil
of E
urop
e C
onve
ntio
n on
pre
vent
ing
and
com
batin
g vi
olen
ce a
gain
st w
omen
and
dom
estic
vio
lenc
e. T
he U
K si
gned
the
Ista
nbul
Con
vent
ion
on 8
Jun
e 20
12 to
sig
nal i
ts s
trong
com
mitm
ent
to ta
cklin
g vi
olen
ce a
gain
st w
omen
and
girl
s, a
nd th
is G
over
nmen
t re
mai
ns c
omm
itted
to ra
tifyi
ng th
e C
onve
ntio
n.
How
ever
, the
Gov
ernm
ent d
oes
not a
gree
that
the
EU h
as
excl
usiv
e ex
tern
al c
ompe
tenc
e in
rela
tion
to th
is C
onve
ntio
n an
d do
es n
ot c
onsi
der t
hat t
he E
U is
requ
ired
to a
cced
e to
the
Con
vent
ion.
The
Gov
ernm
ent c
onsi
ders
that
it s
houl
d ha
ve b
een
for
the
Cou
ncil
to d
eter
min
e fre
ely
the
mat
ters
in re
spec
t of w
hich
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on s
houl
d si
gn th
e C
onve
ntio
n.
The
Gov
ernm
ent t
here
fore
dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
is C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion,
and
will
lay
a m
inut
e st
atem
ent o
n ad
optio
n of
the
Dec
isio
n cl
arify
ing
the
UK
posi
tion
on c
ompe
tenc
e an
d on
the
appl
icab
ility
of th
e U
K's
JHA
opt-i
n.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
07/0
6/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
07/0
3/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
21
/03/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
48
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter o
f 13
June
201
6
Ref.
6696
/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
82(
2) a
nd A
rticl
e 84
, in
conj
unct
ion
with
Ar
ticle
218
(6)(
a) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
18
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
DIR
ECTI
VE
OF
THE
EUR
OP
EAN
PA
RLI
AM
EN
T AN
D
OFT
HE
CO
UN
CIL
am
endi
ng D
irect
ive
96/7
1/EC
of T
he
Euro
pean
Par
liam
ent
and
of th
e C
ounc
il of
16
Dec
embe
r 199
6 co
ncer
ning
the
post
ing
of w
orke
rs in
the
fram
ewor
k of
the
prov
isio
n of
ser
vice
s
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 08
/03/
2016
A
prov
isio
n (A
rticl
e 1
of th
e pr
opos
al) s
tate
s th
at, f
or w
orke
rs w
ho
are
post
ed fo
r 24
mon
ths
or lo
nger
, the
hos
t cou
ntry
is d
eem
ed to
be
‘the
cou
ntry
in w
hich
his
or h
er w
ork
is h
abitu
ally
car
ried
out’.
By
oper
atio
n of
Arti
cle
8 of
the
Rom
e I R
egul
atio
n (a
JH
A ci
vil l
aw
mea
sure
whi
ch d
eter
min
es th
e la
w a
pplic
able
to c
ontra
cts)
, thi
s pr
ovis
ion
is c
apab
le o
f det
erm
inin
g th
e la
w w
hich
gov
erns
the
empl
oym
ent c
ontra
ct.
The
Gov
ernm
ent t
here
fore
con
side
rs th
at a
s th
is p
rovi
sion
am
ends
an
exi
stin
g JH
A m
easu
re, t
his
cons
titut
es a
JH
A ob
ligat
ion,
and
in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith A
rticl
e 4(
a)(1
) of P
roto
col N
o 21
on
the
posi
tion
of
the
Uni
ted
King
dom
and
Irel
and
in re
spec
t of t
he a
rea
of F
reed
om,
Secu
rity
and
Just
ice
anne
xed
to th
e Tr
eaty
on
the
Func
tioni
ng o
f th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
, the
UK’
s op
t-in
is tr
igge
red.
The
Gov
ernm
ent
does
not
con
side
r tha
t it i
s in
the
Uni
ted
Kin
gdom
’s in
tere
st to
opt
in
to th
is a
men
dmen
t as
the
prov
isio
n is
not
exp
ecte
d to
impa
ct
wor
kers
pos
ted
to th
e U
K as
our
dom
estic
law
bro
adly
pro
vide
s fo
r th
e ef
fect
sou
ght b
y th
e pr
opos
al.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
09/0
6/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
11/0
3/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
24
/03/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter o
f 28
Sept
embe
r 20
16
Ref.
6987
/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 53
(1) a
nd 6
2 TF
EU
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Busi
ness
Inno
vatio
n an
d Sk
ills
49
19
Title
R
ecom
men
datio
n fo
r a
CO
UN
CIL
DEC
ISIO
N
auth
oris
ing
the
open
ing
of n
egot
iatio
ns o
n an
ag
reem
ent b
etw
een
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on a
nd
the
Fede
ral R
epub
lic o
f N
iger
ia o
n re
adm
issi
on
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 31
/05/
2016
EU
read
mis
sion
agr
eem
ents
(EU
RAs
) ens
ure
reci
proc
al p
roce
dure
s fo
r the
iden
tific
atio
n, d
ocum
enta
tion
and
retu
rn o
f per
sons
ille
gally
en
terin
g or
rem
aini
ng in
EU
mem
ber s
tate
s, o
r the
third
cou
ntry
. We
deci
de w
heth
er to
par
ticip
ate
in E
UR
As o
n a
case
-by-
case
bas
is,
depe
ndin
g on
the
prio
rity
we
atta
ch to
the
coun
try c
once
rned
in
term
s of
num
bers
of i
mm
igra
tion
retu
rns
and
the
degr
ee to
whi
ch
we
enjo
y a
good
bila
tera
l rel
atio
nshi
p w
ith th
at c
ount
ry.
A Ti
tle V
lega
l bas
e (A
rticl
e 79
(3) T
FEU
) was
add
ed to
the
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n du
ring
nego
tiatio
ns, w
hich
cla
rifie
s th
at th
e U
K's
JHA
opt-
in is
trig
gere
d by
this
mea
sure
. Th
e G
over
nmen
t hav
e de
cide
d no
t to
opt i
n to
this
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n au
thor
isin
g th
e op
enin
g of
neg
otia
tions
on
an a
gree
men
t bet
wee
n th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
and
Nig
eria
on
read
mis
sion
. In
term
s of
retu
rns
co-o
pera
tion,
the
UK
alre
ady
has
bila
tera
l arr
ange
men
ts w
ith
Nig
eria
via
a m
emor
andu
m o
f und
erst
andi
ng, w
hich
wor
k w
ell,
for
exam
ple
allo
win
g th
e re
turn
of N
iger
ian
natio
nals
. We
wou
ld n
ot
envi
sage
an
oper
atio
nal a
dvan
tage
if w
e w
ere
to c
hang
e ou
r cu
rren
t bila
tera
l arr
ange
men
ts fo
r con
duct
ing
retu
rns
to N
iger
ia.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
30/0
8/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
N/A
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
N
/A
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2016
Ref.
8894
/16
RE
STR
EIN
T
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
218
(3) a
nd (4
) TF
EU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
20
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
REG
ULA
TIO
N O
F TH
E EU
RO
PE
AN
PAR
LIA
ME
NT
AND
OF
THE
CO
UN
CIL
re
plac
ing
the
lists
of
inso
lven
cy p
roce
edin
gs
and
inso
lven
cy
prac
titio
ners
in A
nnex
es
A an
d B
to R
egul
atio
n (E
U) 2
015/
848
on
inso
lven
cy p
roce
edin
gs
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 02
/06/
2016
Th
e EU
Inso
lven
cy R
egul
atio
n ha
s ap
plie
d to
the
UK
sinc
e 20
02
and
prov
ides
a le
gal f
ram
ewor
k to
ens
ure
that
an
inso
lven
cy
proc
eedi
ng c
omm
ence
d in
a M
embe
r Sta
te is
reco
gnis
ed a
cros
s th
e EU
, with
out t
he n
eed
to c
omm
ence
sep
arat
e pr
ocee
ding
s in
ot
her M
embe
r Sta
tes
whe
re a
sset
s, fo
r exa
mpl
e, m
ay b
e lo
cate
d.
On
20 M
ay 2
015,
the
Reg
ulat
ion
was
reca
st to
Reg
ulat
ion
(EU
) 20
15/8
48 o
f the
Eur
opea
n Pa
rliam
ent a
nd o
f the
Cou
ncil
(“th
e re
cast
Reg
ulat
ion”
). Th
e re
cast
Reg
ulat
ion
cam
e in
to fo
rce
on 2
6 Ju
ne 2
015
and
will
app
ly (i
n th
e m
ain)
from
26
June
201
7. T
he
2015
Reg
ulat
ion
cite
s a
Title
V le
gal b
ase
and
the
UK
opte
d in
to
this
Reg
ulat
ion.
Th
e cu
rren
t pro
posa
l upd
ates
the
anne
xes
to E
U R
egul
atio
n
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
01/0
9/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
02/0
6/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
29
/06/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
No
50
plac
e?
2015
/848
to re
flect
cha
nges
mad
e to
Pol
and’
s in
solv
ency
pr
oced
ures
. Th
e am
endm
ents
pro
pose
d to
the
anne
xes
are
cons
ider
ed n
eces
sary
by
the
Com
mis
sion
to e
nsur
e th
at M
embe
r St
ates
’ dom
estic
inso
lven
cy la
ws
are
refle
cted
acc
urat
ely.
The
G
over
nmen
t agr
ees
with
the
Com
mis
sion
’s a
sses
smen
t. Th
e am
endm
ents
will
have
no
impa
ct o
n th
e U
K an
d no
cha
nges
are
re
quire
d to
our
dom
estic
law
s as
a re
sult
of th
e am
endm
ents
. As
a re
sult,
the
Gov
ernm
ent d
ecid
ed to
opt
in to
the
mea
sure
.
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 01
/09/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y le
tter -
01
/09/
16
Ref.
9710
/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
81
TFEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Busi
ness
Inno
vatio
n an
d Sk
ills
21
Title
Jo
int P
ropo
sal f
or a
C
OU
NC
IL D
ECIS
ION
on
the
conc
lusi
on o
f the
En
hanc
ed P
artn
ersh
ip
and
Coo
pera
tion
Agre
emen
t bet
wee
n th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
and
its
Mem
ber S
tate
s, o
f the
on
e pa
rt, a
nd th
e R
epub
lic o
f Ka
zakh
stan
, of t
he
othe
r par
t
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 08
/06/
2016
As
with
the
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n on
sig
natu
re o
f thi
s ag
reem
ent,
the
UK'
s JH
A op
t-in
was
trig
gere
d by
inci
dent
al M
ode
IV p
rovi
sion
s,
rela
ting
to th
e te
mpo
rary
mov
emen
t of n
atur
al p
erso
ns fo
r bus
ines
s,
whi
ch a
re in
line
with
the
UK’
s pr
evio
usly
-agr
eed
Mod
e IV
co
mm
itmen
ts u
nder
the
WTO
Gen
eral
Agr
eem
ent o
n Tr
ade
in
Serv
ices
(GAT
S). W
ith th
is in
min
d, th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
to o
pt
into
the
prov
isio
ns.
Som
e bi
late
ral p
artn
ers,
incl
udin
g K
azak
hsta
n, a
re a
lread
y se
ekin
g re
assu
ranc
e ab
out t
heir
rela
tions
hips
with
the
UK
thro
ugho
ut th
e U
K ex
it ne
gotia
tion
perio
d an
d on
ce w
e ha
ve le
ft th
e EU
. Del
ays
to
the
prog
ress
ion
of E
U T
hird
Cou
ntry
Agr
eem
ents
hav
e th
e po
tent
ial
to d
amag
e fu
ture
pro
spec
ts fo
r UK
bila
tera
l rel
atio
ns w
ith a
ny
coun
tries
affe
cted
, inc
ludi
ng p
oten
tial f
utur
e tra
de a
gree
men
ts. I
n th
is in
stan
ce, t
he G
over
nmen
t wel
com
es a
nd e
ncou
rage
s th
is
agre
emen
t with
Kaz
akhs
tan.
Giv
en th
e ag
reem
ent’s
val
ue to
the
UK,
we
see
no g
ood
reas
on to
del
ay it
s pr
ogre
ss a
nd a
pplic
atio
n.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
07/0
9/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
09/0
6/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
15
/06/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 07
/09/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
21
/09/
2016
Ref.
1002
3/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 20
7, 2
09,
218(
6)(a
) and
218
(9)
TFEU
51
Depa
rtm
ent
Fore
ign
and
Com
mon
wea
lth O
ffice
22
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
CO
UN
CIL
DEC
ISIO
N
auth
oris
ing
certa
in
Mem
ber S
tate
s to
ac
cept
, in
the
inte
rest
of
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on,
the
acce
ssio
n of
Ka
zakh
stan
to th
e 19
80
Hag
ue C
onve
ntio
n on
th
e C
ivil
Aspe
cts
of
Inte
rnat
iona
l Chi
ld
Abdu
ctio
n Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
auth
oris
ing
the
Rep
ublic
of A
ustri
a an
d R
oman
ia to
acc
ept,
in
the
inte
rest
of t
he
Euro
pean
Uni
on, t
he
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 13
/06/
2016
Al
l EU
mem
ber s
tate
s ar
e pa
rty to
the
1980
Hag
ue C
onve
ntio
n, th
e pr
imar
y ci
vil l
aw in
tern
atio
nal i
nstru
men
t whi
ch p
rovi
des
a m
echa
nism
to s
eek
the
prom
pt re
turn
of w
rong
fully
rem
oved
or
reta
ined
chi
ldre
n to
thei
r cou
ntry
of h
abitu
al re
side
nce.
W
hen
a co
untry
wis
hes
to a
cced
e to
the
Con
vent
ion,
it is
nec
essa
ry
for a
n ex
istin
g co
ntra
ctin
g st
ate
to a
ccep
t tha
t cou
ntry
’s a
cces
sion
be
fore
the
Con
vent
ion
can
appl
y be
twee
n th
em. I
t is
the
Euro
pean
C
omm
issi
on’s
vie
w th
at th
ere
is e
xclu
sive
com
pete
nce
on th
e EU
fo
r all
mat
ters
rela
ting
to th
e 19
80 C
onve
ntio
n an
d th
at th
eref
ore
mem
ber s
tate
s m
ust b
e au
thor
ised
by
the
EU to
acc
ept a
cces
sion
s by
third
cou
ntrie
s an
d m
ust d
o so
col
lect
ivel
y th
roug
h C
ounc
il de
cisi
ons.
Al
thou
gh n
ot a
ntic
ipat
ed in
the
prop
osal
s, th
e G
over
nmen
t bel
ieve
th
at th
e U
K op
t-in
unde
r Pro
toco
l No
21 to
the
Trea
ty o
n th
e Fu
nctio
ning
of t
he E
urop
ean
Uni
on a
pplie
s. T
he G
over
nmen
t has
as
serte
d its
righ
t to
choo
se w
heth
er to
opt
-in a
nd h
ave
deci
ded
that
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
12/0
9/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
13/0
6/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
28
/06/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 12
/09/
2016
52
acce
ssio
n of
Per
u to
th
e 19
80 H
ague
C
onve
ntio
n Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
auth
oris
ing
certa
in M
embe
r Sta
tes
to a
ccep
t, in
the
inte
rest
of
the
Eur
opea
n U
nion
, th
e ac
cess
ion
of th
e R
epub
lic o
f Kor
ea to
th
e 19
80 H
ague
co
nven
tion
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
18
/10/
2016
it
is in
the
UK’
s be
st in
tere
sts
to d
o so
, to
ensu
re th
e w
ides
t po
ssib
le o
pera
tion
of th
e C
onve
ntio
n.
The
Gov
ernm
ent h
ave
take
n th
is d
ecis
ion
notw
ithst
andi
ng th
e fa
ct
that
they
dis
pute
the
Com
mis
sion
’s c
laim
to e
xclu
sive
com
pete
nce.
Th
e G
over
nmen
t bel
ieve
that
the
wid
er s
igni
fican
ce o
f the
se
prop
osal
s fo
r ext
erna
l com
pete
nce
mea
n th
at it
is in
the
UK
’s
inte
rest
s to
par
ticip
ate
fully
in th
ese
nego
tiatio
ns, i
nclu
ding
hav
ing
the
abilit
y to
vot
e. T
hese
pro
posa
ls m
ust b
e ag
reed
by
unan
imity
w
ithin
the
EU C
ounc
il.
Ref.
1004
3/16
, 100
49/1
6 &
1005
0/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
t 81(
3) a
nd 2
18 T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Fore
ign
and
Com
mon
wea
lth O
ffice
23
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a C
ounc
il D
ecis
ion
on th
e si
gnin
g on
beh
alf o
f the
Eu
rope
an U
nion
of t
he
Com
preh
ensi
ve
Econ
omic
and
Tra
de
Agre
emen
t bet
wee
n C
anad
a of
the
one
part,
an
d th
e Eu
rope
an
Uni
on a
nd it
s M
embe
r St
ates
, of t
he o
ther
par
t
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 06
/07/
2016
T
he U
K's
JHA
opt-i
n w
as tr
igge
red
by in
cide
ntal
Mod
e IV
pr
ovis
ions
, rel
atin
g to
the
tem
pora
ry m
ovem
ent o
f nat
ural
per
sons
fo
r bus
ines
s, w
hich
are
in li
ne w
ith th
e U
K’s
pre
viou
sly-
agre
ed
Mod
e IV
com
mitm
ents
und
er th
e W
TO G
ener
al A
gree
men
t on
Trad
e in
Ser
vice
s (G
ATS)
. With
this
in m
ind,
the
Gov
ernm
ent
deci
ded
to o
pt in
to th
e pr
ovis
ions
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
05/1
0/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
07/0
7/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
29
/07/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
53
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 18
/10/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
24
/10/
2016
Ref.
1096
8/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
207
and
209
TF
EU
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Busi
ness
Inno
vatio
n an
d Sk
ills
24
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
DIR
ECTI
VE
OF
THE
EUR
OP
EAN
PA
RLI
AM
EN
T AN
D O
F TH
E C
OU
NC
IL o
n th
e co
nditi
ons
of e
ntry
and
re
side
nce
of th
ird-
coun
try
natio
nals
for t
he
purp
oses
of h
ighl
y sk
illed
empl
oym
ent
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 24
/06/
2016
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
that
the
UK
will
not o
pt in
to th
e E
urop
ean
Com
mis
sion
’s re
cent
pro
posa
l for
a re
vise
d B
lue
Car
d D
irect
ive.
Th
e pr
opos
al s
eeks
to in
crea
se th
e E
U’s
attr
activ
enes
s to
hig
hly
skille
d w
orke
rs fr
om o
utsi
de th
e EU
. It r
uns
coun
ter t
o th
e U
K’s
view
th
at d
ecis
ions
on
who
com
es to
the
coun
try a
re b
est f
ram
ed a
t na
tiona
l lev
el in
acc
orda
nce
with
nat
iona
l ass
essm
ents
of e
cono
mic
ne
ed. I
t wou
ld a
lso
unde
rmin
e ou
r abi
lity
to re
duce
net
mig
ratio
n.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
23/0
9/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
13/0
6/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
22
/06/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
01
/12/
2016
Ref.
1001
2/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
79(
2)(a
) and
(b)
TFEU
De
part
men
t H
ome
Offi
ce
54
25
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
on th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
Ag
ency
for A
sylu
m a
nd
repe
alin
g R
egul
atio
n (E
U) N
o 43
9/20
10 (E
U
Asyl
um A
genc
y)
Dat
e of
Pub
licat
ion
(last
lang
uage
) 01
/07/
2013
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e EU
pro
posa
l for
a
regu
latio
n of
the
Eur
opea
n Pa
rliam
ent a
nd o
f the
Cou
ncil
on th
e Eu
rope
an U
nion
Age
ncy
for A
sylu
m.
The
prop
osed
Eur
opea
n U
nion
Age
ncy
for A
sylu
m w
ould
repl
ace
the
exis
ting
Eur
opea
n As
ylum
Sup
port
Offi
ce (E
ASO
). Th
e U
K cu
rren
tly p
artic
ipat
es in
EA
SO.
The
aim
of t
he p
ropo
sal i
s an
age
ncy
with
mor
e po
wer
s to
pro
mot
e th
e im
plem
enta
tion
and
impr
ove
the
func
tioni
ng o
f the
Com
mon
Eu
rope
an A
sylu
m S
yste
m. T
he p
ropo
sal p
rovi
des
the
Euro
pean
U
nion
Age
ncy
for A
sylu
m w
ith a
sig
nific
ant d
egre
e of
ove
rsig
ht o
ver
natio
nal a
sylu
m s
yste
ms.
W
e ar
e co
mm
itted
to ru
nnin
g a
high
qua
lity
and
effe
ctiv
e as
ylum
sy
stem
but
hav
e al
way
s ta
ken
the
view
that
the
func
tioni
ng o
f the
as
ylum
sys
tem
is a
sov
erei
gn m
atte
r. Th
e U
K w
ill th
eref
ore
not o
pt in
to th
e pr
opos
al fo
r the
EU
Age
ncy
for A
sylu
m.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
30/0
9/20
16
Dep
osite
d to
Pa
rliam
ent
12/0
5/20
16
Dat
e of
Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
23/0
5/20
16
ESC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? Ye
s
Dat
e of
Com
mon
s de
bate
15
/11/
2016
EUC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? N
o
Dat
e of
Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
Dec
isio
n D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f de
cisi
on
N/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2016
Ref
. 87
42/1
6
Le
gal b
ase
Artic
le 7
8(1)
and
(2)
TFEU
D
epar
tmen
t H
ome
Offi
ce
26
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
amen
ding
C
ounc
il R
egul
atio
n (E
C) N
o 10
30/2
002
layi
ng d
own
a un
iform
fo
rmat
for r
esid
ence
pe
rmits
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 06
/07/
2016
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e dr
aft C
ounc
il re
gula
tion
amen
ding
the
regu
latio
n on
the
unifo
rm fo
rmat
for
resi
denc
e pe
rmits
for t
hird
cou
ntry
nat
iona
ls. T
he p
ropo
sed
regu
latio
n is
inte
nded
to u
pdat
e th
e 20
02 re
gula
tion,
whi
ch w
as
prev
ious
ly a
men
ded
in 2
008.
The
dra
ft m
easu
re s
eeks
to u
pdat
e th
e de
sign
and
sec
urity
feat
ures
on
the
curr
ent v
ersi
on o
f the
re
side
nce
perm
it.
In re
achi
ng it
s de
cisi
on, a
lthou
gh th
e G
over
nmen
t wel
com
e m
easu
res
that
will
stre
ngth
en im
mig
ratio
n an
d bo
rder
con
trol,
it ha
s ta
ken
acco
unt o
f the
cos
t of d
evel
opin
g a
docu
men
t tha
t the
UK
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
05/1
0/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
07/0
8/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
16
/08/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
55
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
may
nev
er u
se. T
he U
K w
ill c
ontin
ue is
suin
g th
e cu
rren
t for
mat
of
the
resi
denc
e pe
rmit
until
we
leav
e th
e E
U a
nd w
e ar
e co
nsid
erin
g th
e op
tions
follo
win
g ex
it Da
te o
f Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
Deci
sion
D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2016
Ref.
1090
4/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
79(
2)(a
) TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
27
Title
Br
usse
ls II
a R
egul
atio
n-
Prop
osal
for a
Cou
ncil
Reg
ulat
ion
on
juris
dict
ion
and
the
reco
gniti
on a
nd
enfo
rcem
ent o
f ju
dgm
ents
in
mat
rimon
ial m
atte
rs
and
the
mat
ters
of
pare
ntal
resp
onsi
bilit
y,
and
on in
tern
atio
nal
child
abd
uctio
n (r
ecas
t)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 06
/07/
2016
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
to o
pt in
bec
ause
the
UK
alre
ady
appl
ies
the
curr
ent R
egul
atio
n to
the
bene
fit o
f UK
citiz
ens
and
resi
dent
s,
incl
udin
g ch
ildre
n, in
cro
ss-b
orde
r fam
ilies,
and
it w
ante
d to
avo
id
the
risk
that
, if t
he n
ew R
egul
atio
n ca
me
into
forc
e be
fore
the
UK
’s
exit,
and
the
UK
had
not o
pted
in, t
he E
urop
ean
Cou
ncil
coul
d de
em th
e ol
d R
egul
atio
n in
oper
able
and
it w
ould
no
long
er a
pply
to
the
UK
even
thou
gh th
e U
K w
as s
till a
Mem
ber S
tate
. Sec
ondl
y,
even
afte
r a U
K ex
it th
e R
egul
atio
n w
ill af
fect
UK
citiz
ens,
pr
inci
pally
in o
ther
Mem
ber S
tate
s, a
nd it
is in
the
UK’
s in
tere
sts
to
influ
ence
the
nego
tiatio
ns. A
s a
fam
ily ju
stic
e m
easu
re th
is p
ropo
sal
mus
t be
agre
ed b
y un
anim
ity in
the
Cou
ncil.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
05/1
0/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
04/0
7/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
03
/08/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 05
/10/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
2
7/10
/201
6
Ref.
1076
7/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
81(
3) T
FEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Min
istry
of J
ustic
e
56
28
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a D
irect
ive
of th
e E
urop
ean
Parli
amen
t and
of t
he
Cou
ncil
amen
ding
D
irect
ive
(EU
) 201
5/84
9 on
the
prev
entio
n of
the
use
of th
e fin
anci
al
syst
em fo
r the
pur
pose
s of
mon
ey la
unde
ring
or
terr
oris
t fin
anci
ng a
nd
amen
ding
Dire
ctiv
e 20
09/1
01/E
C
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 01
/08/
2016
In
line
with
the
Gov
ernm
ent’s
pos
ition
on
the
4th
Ant
i-Mon
ey
Laun
derin
g D
irect
ive,
we
cons
ider
ed th
e pr
opos
al to
be
a pa
rtial
JH
A m
easu
re. W
hils
t the
am
endm
ents
did
not
hav
e a
Title
V le
gal
base
, we
conc
lude
d th
at th
e pr
ovis
ions
rela
ting
to th
e sh
arin
g of
da
ta fr
om re
gist
ers
betw
een
Fina
ncia
l Int
ellig
ence
Uni
ts a
nd la
w
enfo
rcem
ent a
utho
ritie
s tri
gger
ed th
e op
t-in.
Th
e G
over
nmen
t sup
ports
the
shar
ing
of in
form
atio
n be
twee
n la
w
enfo
rcem
ent a
genc
ies
and
ther
efor
e de
cide
d to
opt
in to
thes
e pr
ovis
ions
.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
31/1
0/20
16
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
11/0
7/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
05
/09/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 26
/10/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
08
/11/
2016
Ref.
1067
8/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
114
TFE
U
Depa
rtm
ent
HM
Tre
asur
y
29
Title
C
ounc
il D
ecis
ions
on
sign
ing,
pro
visi
onal
ap
plic
atio
n an
d co
nclu
sion
of t
he
Prot
ocol
of A
cces
sion
of
Ecu
ador
to th
e An
dean
Fre
e Tr
ade
Agre
emen
t
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) 12
/10/
2016
T
he U
K's
JHA
opt-i
n w
as tr
igge
red
by in
cide
ntal
Mod
e IV
pr
ovis
ions
, rel
atin
g to
the
tem
pora
ry m
ovem
ent o
f nat
ural
per
sons
fo
r bus
ines
s, w
hich
are
in li
ne w
ith th
e U
K’s
pre
viou
sly-
agre
ed
Mod
e IV
com
mitm
ents
und
er th
e W
TO G
ener
al A
gree
men
t on
Trad
e in
Ser
vice
s (G
ATS)
. With
this
in m
ind,
the
Gov
ernm
ent
deci
ded
to o
pt in
to th
e pr
ovis
ions
. Th
e op
t-in
deci
sion
was
exp
edite
d to
mee
t the
EU
dea
dlin
e fo
r ad
optio
n of
the
Cou
ncil
Dec
isio
n on
sig
natu
re o
f the
Pro
toco
l.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
11/0
1/20
17
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
13/1
0/20
16
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
28
/04/
2016
(O
TNYR
EM
)
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
N/A
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
No
57
plac
e?
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 08
/11/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
22
/11/
2016
Ref.
7614
/16
7616
/16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 91
, 100
(2),
and
the
first
sub
para
grap
h of
207
(4),
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith A
rticl
e 21
8(5)
TF
EU fo
r sig
ning
and
Ar
ticle
s 91
, 100
(2),
and
the
first
sub
para
grap
h of
207
(4),
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith A
rticl
e218
(6)(
a)
TFEU
for c
oncl
usio
n
Depa
rtm
ent
Dep
artm
ent f
or
Inte
rnat
iona
l Tra
de
30
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
esta
blis
hing
th
e cr
iteria
and
m
echa
nism
s fo
r de
term
inin
g th
e M
embe
r Sta
te
resp
onsi
ble
for
exam
inin
g an
ap
plic
atio
n fo
r in
tern
atio
nal p
rote
ctio
n lo
dged
in o
ne o
f the
M
embe
r Sta
tes
by a
Dat
e of
Pub
licat
ion
(last
lang
uage
) 19
/08/
2016
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e EU
pro
posa
l for
the
Dub
lin IV
regu
latio
n.
The
Reg
ulat
ion
will
gove
rn th
e pr
oces
s of
dec
idin
g w
hich
mem
ber
stat
e is
resp
onsi
ble
for d
ecid
ing
an a
sylu
m c
laim
and
stre
amlin
e th
e tra
nsfe
r pro
cess
. The
UK
supp
orts
thos
e ai
ms,
but
the
prop
osed
D
ublin
IV re
gula
tion
bind
s m
embe
r sta
tes
to p
artic
ipat
e in
a q
uota
-ba
sed
dist
ribut
ion
sche
me.
The
pro
posa
l als
o pe
rmits
the
Com
mis
sion
to im
pose
con
side
rabl
e fin
anci
al b
urde
ns o
n m
embe
r st
ates
, of €
250,
000
per a
pplic
ant n
ot tr
ansf
erre
d un
der t
his
mec
hani
sm.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
18/1
1/20
16
Dep
osite
d to
Pa
rliam
ent
12/0
5/20
16
Dat
e of
Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
23/0
5/20
16
ESC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? Ye
s
Dat
e of
Com
mon
s de
bate
15
/11/
2016
58
third
-cou
ntry
nat
iona
l or
a st
atel
ess
pers
on
(rec
ast)
(Dub
lin IV
)
EUC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? N
o Th
e U
K ha
s lo
ng-s
tand
ing
rese
rvat
ions
abo
ut s
uch
relo
catio
n sc
hem
es. A
sylu
m s
eeke
rs s
houl
d cl
aim
asy
lum
in th
e fir
st s
afe
coun
try th
ey e
nter
and
not
be
mov
ed a
roun
d th
e E
U u
sing
al
loca
tion
quot
as.
By
not o
ptin
g in
to D
ublin
IV re
gula
tion,
the
UK
rem
ains
bou
nd b
y th
e D
ublin
III r
egul
atio
n, w
hich
will
allo
w th
e G
over
nmen
t to
retu
rn
appl
ican
ts w
here
ano
ther
mem
ber s
tate
is re
spon
sibl
e fo
r de
term
inin
g th
eir a
sylu
m c
laim
and
dis
cour
age
seco
ndar
y m
ovem
ent o
r so
calle
d “a
sylu
m s
hopp
ing”
.
Dat
e of
Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
Dec
isio
n D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU
not
ified
of
deci
sion
N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2016
Ref
. 87
15/1
6
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78
(2) (
e) T
FEU
Dep
artm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
31
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
on th
e es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f 'E
urod
ac' f
or th
e co
mpa
rison
of
finge
rprin
ts fo
r the
ef
fect
ive
appl
icat
ion
of
[Reg
ulat
ion
(EU
) No
604/
2013
est
ablis
hing
th
e cr
iteria
and
m
echa
nism
s fo
r de
term
inin
g th
e M
embe
r Sta
te
resp
onsi
ble
for
exam
inin
g an
ap
plic
atio
n fo
r in
tern
atio
nal p
rote
ctio
n lo
dged
in o
ne o
f the
M
embe
r Sta
tes
by a
Dat
e of
Pub
licat
ion
(last
lang
uage
) 19
/08/
2016
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
to o
pt in
to th
e EU
pro
posa
l for
the
EUR
OD
AC II
I reg
ulat
ion.
Th
e R
egul
atio
n w
ill go
vern
the
oper
atio
n of
the
EUR
OD
AC
finge
rprin
t dat
abas
e, w
hich
hol
ds th
e fin
gerp
rints
of a
sylu
m s
eeke
rs
and
certa
in il
lega
l ent
rant
s to
the
EU, i
n or
der t
o he
lp m
embe
r st
ates
det
erm
ine
who
is re
spon
sibl
e un
der t
he D
ublin
regu
latio
n fo
r de
alin
g w
ith a
n as
ylum
cla
im a
nd to
tack
le il
lega
l mig
ratio
n.
The
EUR
OD
AC
dat
abas
e w
ill be
exp
ande
d to
incr
ease
the
cate
gorie
s of
fing
erpr
ints
reco
rded
, to
reco
rd fa
cial
imag
es a
nd
biog
raph
ical
dat
a, to
incr
ease
the
leng
th o
f tim
e da
ta c
an b
e st
ored
to
five
yea
rs a
nd to
pro
vide
bet
ter d
ata-
shar
ing
proc
edur
es b
etw
een
mem
ber s
tate
s. T
hese
cha
nges
will
stre
ngth
en th
e U
K’s
abi
lity
to
cont
rol i
llega
l mig
ratio
n, p
reve
nt m
ultip
le a
sylu
m a
pplic
atio
ns a
cros
s m
embe
r sta
tes
and
prot
ect t
he U
K’s
secu
rity
thro
ugh
data
sha
ring
with
law
enf
orce
men
t age
ncie
s.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
18/1
1/20
16
Dep
osite
d to
Pa
rliam
ent
16/0
5/20
16
Dat
e of
Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
24/0
5/20
16
ESC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? Ye
s
Dat
e of
Com
mon
s de
bate
15
/11/
2016
EUC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? N
o
Dat
e of
Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
Dec
isio
n O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f de
cisi
on
17/1
1/20
16
59
third
-cou
ntry
nat
iona
l or
a st
atel
ess
pers
on] ,
for
iden
tifyi
ng a
n ille
gally
st
ayin
g th
ird-c
ount
ry
natio
nal o
r sta
tele
ss
pers
on a
nd o
n re
ques
ts
for t
he c
ompa
rison
with
Eu
roda
c da
ta b
y M
embe
r Sta
tes'
law
en
forc
emen
t aut
horit
ies
and
Euro
pol f
or la
w
enfo
rcem
ent p
urpo
ses
(rec
ast)
(Eur
odac
)
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
15
/12/
2016
Ref
. 87
65/1
6
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
s 78
(2)(
e),
79(2
)(c)
, 87(
2)(a
) and
88
(2)(
a) T
FEU
D
epar
tmen
t H
ome
Offi
ce
32
Title
R
egul
atio
n on
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on
Agen
cy fo
r Law
En
forc
emen
t C
oope
ratio
n (E
UR
OPO
L)
Date
of P
ublic
atio
n (la
st
lang
uage
) N
/A
The
Gov
ernm
ent m
ade
a re
ques
t to
the
Com
mis
sion
on
16
Dec
embe
r 201
6 fo
r the
UK
to p
artic
ipat
e in
this
Reg
ulat
ion.
The
C
omm
issi
on a
dopt
ed a
Dec
isio
n on
6 M
arch
201
7 co
nfirm
ing
the
UK’
s pa
rtici
patio
n in
the
Reg
ulat
ion.
The
Reg
ulat
ion
will
com
e in
to
forc
e on
1 M
ay 2
017.
O
ptin
g in
will
mai
ntai
n op
erat
iona
l con
tinui
ty a
nd m
inim
ise
disr
uptio
n fo
r UK
law
enf
orce
men
t ahe
ad o
f the
UK
exiti
ng th
e EU
, en
surin
g ou
r Lia
ison
Bur
eau
at E
urop
ol is
mai
ntai
ned,
and
that
law
en
forc
emen
t age
ncie
s ca
n co
ntin
ue to
acc
ess
Euro
pol s
yste
ms
and
inte
lligen
ce.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
N/A
Depo
site
d to
Par
liam
ent
N/A
Date
of E
xpla
nato
ry
Mem
oran
dum
14
/11/
2016
ESC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
Yes
Date
of C
omm
ons
deba
te
12/1
2/20
16
EUC:
Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke
plac
e?
No
Date
of L
ords
deb
ate
N/A
60
Deci
sion
O
pted
in
EU n
otifi
ed o
f dec
isio
n 16
/12/
2016
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
B
y EM
of 1
4 N
ovem
ber
2016
and
de
bate
of 1
2 D
ecem
ber
2016
Re
f. R
egul
atio
n 79
4/20
16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
88
TFEU
Depa
rtm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
33
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
on
stan
dard
s fo
r the
qu
alifi
catio
n of
third
-co
untry
nat
iona
ls o
r st
atel
ess
pers
ons
as
bene
ficia
ries
of
inte
rnat
iona
l pro
tect
ion,
fo
r a u
nifo
rm s
tatu
s fo
r re
fuge
es o
r for
per
sons
el
igib
le fo
r sub
sidi
ary
prot
ectio
n an
d fo
r the
co
nten
t of t
he
prot
ectio
n gr
ante
d an
d am
endi
ng C
ounc
il D
irect
ive
2003
/109
/EC
of
25
Nov
embe
r 200
3 co
ncer
ning
the
stat
us o
f th
ird-c
ount
ry n
atio
nals
Dat
e of
Pub
licat
ion
(last
lang
uage
) 31
/08/
2016
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e ne
w E
U p
ropo
sals
for
a Q
ualif
icat
ion
regu
latio
n, a
n As
ylum
Pro
cedu
res
regu
latio
n an
d a
reca
st R
ecep
tion
Con
ditio
ns D
irect
ive.
The
pro
posa
ls re
form
the
pack
age
of a
sylu
m d
irect
ives
ado
pted
bet
wee
n 20
11-2
013
as p
art
of th
e se
cond
pha
se o
f the
Com
mon
Eur
opea
n As
ylum
Sys
tem
(C
EAS)
. Th
e U
K ch
ose
not t
o pa
rtici
pate
in th
e co
rres
pond
ing
seco
nd p
hase
C
EAS
inst
rum
ents
due
to c
once
rns
over
the
limits
they
wou
ld p
lace
on
our
nat
iona
l sys
tem
. As
a re
sult
the
UK
rem
ains
bou
nd b
y th
e di
rect
ives
ado
pted
as
part
of th
e fir
st p
hase
of t
he C
EAS
: the
R
ecep
tion
Con
ditio
ns D
irect
ive
2003
/9/E
C; t
he Q
ualif
icat
ion
Dire
ctiv
e 20
04/8
3/EC
; and
the
Asyl
um P
roce
dure
s D
irect
ive
2005
/85/
EC. T
hese
dire
ctiv
es e
stab
lishe
d m
inim
um s
tand
ards
and
al
low
ed m
embe
r sta
tes
a la
rge
degr
ee o
f fle
xibi
lity
in
impl
emen
tatio
n.
Ther
e is
som
e m
erit
in th
e ne
w p
ropo
sals
, for
exa
mpl
e th
e ov
erar
chin
g ai
m o
f dis
cour
agin
g ab
use
and
unw
arra
nted
sec
onda
ry
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
01/1
2/20
16
Dep
osite
d to
Pa
rliam
ent
19/0
7/20
16
Dat
e of
Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
04/0
8/20
16
ESC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? Ye
s
Dat
e of
Com
mon
s de
bate
19
/12/
2016
EUC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? N
o
Dat
e of
Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
Dec
isio
n D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU
not
ified
of
deci
sion
N
/A
61
who
are
long
-term
re
side
nts
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2016
m
ovem
ents
. How
ever
, the
Gov
ernm
ent’s
vie
w is
that
dec
isio
ns o
n as
ylum
sys
tem
s ar
e be
st ta
ken
at n
atio
nal l
evel
. The
pro
posa
ls, i
n pa
rticu
lar w
here
repl
acin
g th
e us
e of
a D
irect
ive
with
a re
gula
tion
in
the
case
of t
he p
ropo
sals
on
Qua
lific
atio
n an
d As
ylum
Pro
cedu
res,
w
ould
furth
er li
mit
the
Gov
ernm
ent’s
abi
lity
to ta
ke d
ecis
ions
on
the
UK
asyl
um s
yste
m a
t nat
iona
l lev
el a
nd in
the
UK
natio
nal i
nter
est.
Ther
e is
no
reas
on to
cha
nge
the
appr
oach
from
that
take
n w
ith
rega
rd to
the
corr
espo
ndin
g se
cond
pha
se C
EA
S m
easu
res.
Th
eref
ore,
the
UK
did
not
opt
in to
the
prop
osal
s.
Ref
. 11
316/
16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78(
2)(a
) and
(b)
and
Artic
le 7
9 (2
) (a)
TF
EU
Dep
artm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
34
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
esta
blis
hing
a
com
mon
pro
cedu
re
for i
nter
natio
nal
prot
ectio
n in
the
Uni
on
and
repe
alin
g D
irect
ive
2013
/32/
EU
Dat
e of
Pub
licat
ion
(last
lang
uage
) 07
/09/
2016
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e ne
w E
U p
ropo
sals
for
a Q
ualif
icat
ion
regu
latio
n, a
n As
ylum
Pro
cedu
res
regu
latio
n an
d a
reca
st R
ecep
tion
Con
ditio
ns D
irect
ive.
The
pro
posa
ls re
form
the
pack
age
of a
sylu
m d
irect
ives
ado
pted
bet
wee
n 20
11-2
013
as p
art
of th
e se
cond
pha
se o
f the
Com
mon
Eur
opea
n As
ylum
Sys
tem
(C
EAS)
. Th
e U
K ch
ose
not t
o pa
rtici
pate
in th
e co
rres
pond
ing
seco
nd p
hase
C
EAS
inst
rum
ents
due
to c
once
rns
over
the
limits
they
wou
ld p
lace
on
our
nat
iona
l sys
tem
. As
a re
sult
the
UK
rem
ains
bou
nd b
y th
e di
rect
ives
ado
pted
as
part
of th
e fir
st p
hase
of t
he C
EAS
: the
R
ecep
tion
Con
ditio
ns D
irect
ive
2003
/9/E
C; t
he Q
ualif
icat
ion
Dire
ctiv
e 20
04/8
3/EC
; and
the
Asyl
um P
roce
dure
s D
irect
ive
2005
/85/
EC. T
hese
dire
ctiv
es e
stab
lishe
d m
inim
um s
tand
ards
and
al
low
ed m
embe
r sta
tes
a la
rge
degr
ee o
f fle
xibi
lity
in
impl
emen
tatio
n.
Ther
e is
som
e m
erit
in th
e ne
w p
ropo
sals
, for
exa
mpl
e th
e ov
erar
chin
g ai
m o
f dis
cour
agin
g ab
use
and
unw
arra
nted
sec
onda
ry
mov
emen
ts. H
owev
er, t
he G
over
nmen
t’s v
iew
is th
at d
ecis
ions
on
asyl
um s
yste
ms
are
best
take
n at
nat
iona
l lev
el. T
he p
ropo
sals
, in
parti
cula
r whe
re re
plac
ing
the
use
of a
Dire
ctiv
e w
ith a
regu
latio
n in
th
e ca
se o
f the
pro
posa
ls o
n Q
ualif
icat
ion
and
Asy
lum
Pro
cedu
res,
w
ould
furth
er li
mit
the
Gov
ernm
ent’s
abi
lity
to ta
ke d
ecis
ions
on
the
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
08/1
2/20
16
Dep
osite
d to
Pa
rliam
ent
20/0
7/20
16
Dat
e of
Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
04/0
8/20
16
ESC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? Ye
s
Dat
e of
Com
mon
s de
bate
19
/12/
2016
EUC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? N
o
Dat
e of
Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
Dec
isio
n D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU
not
ified
of
deci
sion
N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2016
Ref
. 11
317/
16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78(
2)(d
) TFE
U
62
Dep
artm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
U
K as
ylum
sys
tem
at n
atio
nal l
evel
and
in th
e U
K na
tiona
l int
eres
t. Th
ere
is n
o re
ason
to c
hang
e th
e ap
proa
ch fr
om th
at ta
ken
with
re
gard
to th
e co
rres
pond
ing
seco
nd p
hase
CE
AS
mea
sure
s.
Ther
efor
e, th
e U
K d
id n
ot o
pt in
to th
e pr
opos
als.
35
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a D
irect
ive
layi
ng d
own
stan
dard
s fo
r the
rece
ptio
n of
ap
plic
ants
for
inte
rnat
iona
l pro
tect
ion
(rec
ast)
Dat
e of
Pub
licat
ion
(last
lang
uage
) 12
/09/
2016
Th
e G
over
nmen
t dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
e ne
w E
U p
ropo
sals
for
a Q
ualif
icat
ion
regu
latio
n, a
n As
ylum
Pro
cedu
res
regu
latio
n an
d a
reca
st R
ecep
tion
Con
ditio
ns D
irect
ive.
The
pro
posa
ls re
form
the
pack
age
of a
sylu
m d
irect
ives
ado
pted
bet
wee
n 20
11-2
013
as p
art
of th
e se
cond
pha
se o
f the
Com
mon
Eur
opea
n As
ylum
Sys
tem
(C
EAS)
. Th
e U
K ch
ose
not t
o pa
rtici
pate
in th
e co
rres
pond
ing
seco
nd p
hase
C
EAS
inst
rum
ents
due
to c
once
rns
over
the
limits
they
wou
ld p
lace
on
our
nat
iona
l sys
tem
. As
a re
sult
the
UK
rem
ains
bou
nd b
y th
e di
rect
ives
ado
pted
as
part
of th
e fir
st p
hase
of t
he C
EAS
: the
R
ecep
tion
Con
ditio
ns D
irect
ive
2003
/9/E
C; t
he Q
ualif
icat
ion
Dire
ctiv
e 20
04/8
3/EC
; and
the
Asyl
um P
roce
dure
s D
irect
ive
2005
/85/
EC. T
hese
dire
ctiv
es e
stab
lishe
d m
inim
um s
tand
ards
and
al
low
ed m
embe
r sta
tes
a la
rge
degr
ee o
f fle
xibi
lity
in
impl
emen
tatio
n.
Ther
e is
som
e m
erit
in th
e ne
w p
ropo
sals
, for
exa
mpl
e th
e ov
erar
chin
g ai
m o
f dis
cour
agin
g ab
use
and
unw
arra
nted
sec
onda
ry
mov
emen
ts. H
owev
er, t
he G
over
nmen
t’s v
iew
is th
at d
ecis
ions
on
asyl
um s
yste
ms
are
best
take
n at
nat
iona
l lev
el. T
he p
ropo
sals
, in
parti
cula
r whe
re re
plac
ing
the
use
of a
Dire
ctiv
e w
ith a
regu
latio
n in
th
e ca
se o
f the
pro
posa
ls o
n Q
ualif
icat
ion
and
Asyl
um P
roce
dure
s,
wou
ld fu
rther
lim
it th
e G
over
nmen
t’s a
bilit
y to
take
dec
isio
ns o
n th
e U
K as
ylum
sys
tem
at n
atio
nal l
evel
and
in th
e U
K na
tiona
l int
eres
t. Th
ere
is n
o re
ason
to c
hang
e th
e ap
proa
ch fr
om th
at ta
ken
with
re
gard
to th
e co
rres
pond
ing
seco
nd p
hase
CE
AS
mea
sure
s.
Ther
efor
e, th
e U
K d
id n
ot o
pt in
to th
e pr
opos
als.
Opt
-in d
eadl
ine
11/1
2/20
16
Dep
osite
d to
Pa
rliam
ent
20/0
7/20
16
Dat
e of
Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
08/0
9/20
16
ESC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? Ye
s
Dat
e of
Com
mon
s de
bate
19
/12/
2016
EUC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? N
o
Dat
e of
Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
Dec
isio
n D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU
not
ified
of
deci
sion
N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
16
/12/
2016
Ref
. 11
318/
16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78(
2)(f)
TFE
U
Dep
artm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
36
Title
Pr
opos
al fo
r a
Reg
ulat
ion
esta
blis
hing
a
Uni
on R
eset
tlem
ent
Dat
e of
Pub
licat
ion
(last
lang
uage
) 03
/09/
2016
Th
e U
K is
of t
he v
iew
that
rese
ttlem
ent s
chem
es a
re b
est o
pera
ted
at th
e na
tiona
l lev
el. T
his
allo
ws
for g
reat
er c
ontro
l and
flex
ibilit
y ov
er b
oth
the
sour
ce c
ount
ries
to b
e re
settl
ed fr
om a
nd th
e O
pt-in
dea
dlin
e 04
/12/
2016
63
Fram
ewor
k an
d am
endi
ng R
egul
atio
n (E
U) N
o 51
6/20
14 o
f th
e Eu
rope
an
Parli
amen
t and
the
Cou
ncil
Dep
osite
d to
Pa
rliam
ent
20/0
7/20
16
rese
ttlem
ent p
roce
ss. T
he G
over
nmen
t is
of th
e vi
ew th
at th
e st
ated
re
ason
s fo
r act
ion
at E
U-le
vel,
such
as
alle
viat
ing
pres
sure
s on
co
untri
es h
ostin
g a
disp
ropo
rtion
ate
num
ber o
f dis
plac
ed
indi
vidu
als,
gai
ning
influ
ence
in p
olic
y di
alog
ues
with
third
cou
ntrie
s,
and
impr
ovin
g th
e re
settl
emen
t pro
cess
, can
equ
ally
be
achi
eved
th
roug
h cl
ose
coop
erat
ion
betw
een
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
s op
erat
ing
natio
nal r
eset
tlem
ent s
chem
es. N
atio
nal s
chem
es a
lso
allo
w
rese
ttlem
ent e
fforts
to b
e al
igne
d w
ith th
e do
mes
tic a
nd
inte
rnat
iona
l prio
ritie
s of
indi
vidu
al M
embe
r Sta
tes,
incl
udin
g m
aint
aini
ng fu
ll co
ntro
l ove
r the
num
bers
to b
e re
settl
ed. T
he
Gov
ernm
ent t
here
fore
dec
ided
not
to o
pt in
to th
is p
ropo
sal.
Dat
e of
Exp
lana
tory
M
emor
andu
m
04/0
8/20
16
ESC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? Ye
s
Dat
e of
Com
mon
s de
bate
19
/12/
2016
EUC
: Did
a d
ebat
e ta
ke p
lace
? N
o
Dat
e of
Lor
ds d
ebat
e N
/A
Dec
isio
n D
id n
ot o
pt in
EU
not
ified
of
deci
sion
N
/A
Parli
amen
t not
ified
of
deci
sion
23
/02/
2017
Ref
. 11
313/
16
Lega
l bas
e Ar
ticle
78
(2) (
d) a
nd (g
) TF
EU
Dep
artm
ent
Hom
e O
ffice
64
Forthcoming opt-in decisions Proposal title Descriptions
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Council Decisions authorising Croatia, Netherlands, Portugal and Romania to accept the accession of San Marino to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Council Decisions authorising Romania to accept accession of Chile, Iceland & Bahamas to the 1980 Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Council Decisions authorising Luxembourg and Romania to accept the accession of Georgia and South Africa to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
Where a country wishes to accede to the Convention, it is necessary for an existing connecting State to accept that country’s accession before the Convention can apply between them. The EU has exclusive EU competence and therefore the EU has to authorise Member States to accept accessions to this Convention.
Home Office Proposal for a Regulation on the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice, and amending Regulation (EC) 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) 1077/2011
This measure seeks to give additional responsibilities to the EU agency responsible for the management of large-scale IT systems. Specifically, it expands eu-LISA’s remit to include the management of the proposed Entry and Exit System (EES) for the Schengen area, European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and the proposed system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third country nationals and stateless persons (TCN) to supplement and support the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS-TCN system).
65
Proposal title Descriptions
Proposal for a Regulation establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third country nationals and stateless persons (TCN) to supplement and support the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRISTCN system) and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2017/794 for the purpose of establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)
The proposal builds on a previous Commission proposal to extend the system for exchanging criminal records between Member States (European Criminal Records Information System – ECRIS) to cover criminal records on third country nationals. This Regulation provides the technical specifications for a centralised database to hold criminal record information on third country nationals. The ETIAS system aims to enhance the security of the Schengen external border by requiring non-EU nationals, who do not require a visa to travel to the Schengen area, to seek authorisation to travel. As a Schengen measure, the UK does not participate in the ETIAS proposal. The ETIAS proposal seeks to require Europol to set up a watchlist for use by the ETIAS system. As the Europol Regulation is not a Schengen measure, this aspect of the proposal has been split into a separate JHA measure to which the JHA opt-in applies.
Ministry of Justice Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations on the conclusion of an instrument on the enforcement of international commercial settlement agreements resulting from conciliation in the framework of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
In recent years the UNCITRAL working group on Arbitration and Conciliation has been having scoping discussions on an agreement on the enforcement of agreements made through conciliation or mediation. These discussions have been coordinated informally by the European Commission on behalf of the EU. Now that the discussions are entering a more formal phase of negotiations on a possible future instrument the Commission believes that a formal mandate is necessary.
