CHAPTER II

European Border and Coast Guard Agency
Section 1

Tasks of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency

European Border and Coast Guard Agency
Article 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Accountability
Article 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tasks
Article 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 2

Monitoring and crisis prevention

Duty to cooperate in good faith
Article 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Obligation to exchange information
Article 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Monitoring of migratory flows and risk analysis
Article 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Liaison officers in Member States
Article 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vulnerability assessment
Article 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 3

External border management

Actions by the Agency at the external borders
Article 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Initiating joint operations and rapid border interventions at the external borders
Article 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Operational plan for joint operations
Article 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Procedure for launching a rapid border intervention
Article 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Migration management support teams
Article 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Situation at the external borders requiring urgent action
Article 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Composition and deployment of European Border and Coast Guard teams
Article 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Instructions to the European Border and Coast Guard teams
Article 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Coordinating officer
Article 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

National contact point
Article 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Costs
Article 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Suspension or termination of activities
Article 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evaluation of activities
Article 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 4

Return

Return
Article 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Return operations
Article 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pool of forced-return monitors
Article 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pool of forced-return escorts
Article 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pool of return specialists
Article 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

European return intervention teams
Article 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Return interventions
Article 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deleted by Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624.