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Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on the European Border and Coast Guard and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I European Border and Coast Guard

    1. Article 1. Subject matter

    2. Article 2. Definitions

    3. Article 3. European Border and Coast Guard

    4. Article 4. European integrated border management

    5. Article 5. Shared responsibility

  3. CHAPTER II European Border and Coast Guard Agency

    1. Section 1 Tasks of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency

      1. Article 6. European Border and Coast Guard Agency

      2. Article 7. Accountability

      3. Article 8. Tasks

    2. Section 2 Monitoring and crisis prevention

      1. Article 9. Duty to cooperate in good faith

      2. Article 10. Obligation to exchange information

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

      4. Article 12. Liaison officers in Member States

      5. Article 13. Vulnerability assessment

    3. Section 3 External border management

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

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

      3. Article 16. Operational plan for joint operations

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

      5. Article 18. Migration management support teams

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

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

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

      9. Article 22. Coordinating officer

      10. Article 23. National contact point

      11. Article 24. Costs

      12. Article 25. Suspension or termination of activities

      13. Article 26. Evaluation of activities

    4. Section 4 Return

      1. Article 27. Return

      2. Article 28. Return operations

      3. Article 29. Pool of forced-return monitors

      4. Article 30.Pool of forced-return escorts

      5. Article 31.Pool of return specialists

      6. Article 32. European return intervention teams

      7. Article 33. Return interventions

  4. CHAPTER III General provisions

    1. Section 1 General rules

      1. Article 34. Protection of fundamental rights and a fundamental rights strategy

      2. Article 35. Codes of conduct

      3. Article 36. Training

      4. Article 37. Research and innovation

      5. Article 38. Acquisition or leasing of technical equipment

      6. Article 39. Technical equipment pool

      7. Article 40. Tasks and powers of the members of the teams

      8. Article 41. Accreditation document

      9. Article 42. Civil liability

      10. Article 43. Criminal liability

    2. Section 2 Information exchange and data protection

      1. Article 44. Information exchange systems

      2. Article 45. Data protection

      3. Article 46. Purposes of processing personal data

      4. Article 47. Processing of personal data collected during joint operations, pilot projects and rapid border interventions and by migration management support teams

      5. Article 48. Processing of personal data in the context of return operations and return interventions

      6. Article 49. Processing of personal data in the framework of EUROSUR

      7. Article 50. Security rules on the protection of classified information and non-classified sensitive information

    3. Section 3 Cooperation by the Agency

      1. Article 51. Cooperation with Ireland and the United Kingdom

      2. Article 52. Cooperation with Union institutions, bodies, offices, agencies, and international organisations

      3. Article 53. European cooperation on coast guard functions

      4. Article 54. Cooperation with third countries

      5. Article 55. Liaison officers in third countries

    4. Section 4 General framework and organisation of the Agency

      1. Article 56. Legal status and location

      2. Article 57. Headquarters agreement

      3. Article 58. Staff

      4. Article 59. Privileges and immunities

      5. Article 60. Liability

      6. Article 61. Administrative and management structure of the Agency

      7. Article 62. Functions of the management board

      8. Article 63. Composition of the management board

      9. Article 64. Multiannual programming and annual work programmes

      10. Article 65. Chairmanship of the management board

      11. Article 66. Meetings

      12. Article 67. Voting

      13. Article 68. Functions and powers of the executive director

      14. Article 69. Appointment of the executive director and the deputy executive director

      15. Article 70. Consultative forum

      16. Article 71. Fundamental rights officer

      17. Article 72. Complaints mechanism

      18. Article 73. Language arrangements

      19. Article 74. Transparency and communication

    5. Section 5 Financial requirements

      1. Article 75. Budget

      2. Article 76. Implementation and control of the budget

      3. Article 77. Combating fraud

      4. Article 78. Prevention of conflicts of interest

      5. Article 79. Financial provision

  5. CHAPTER IV Amendment

    1. Article 80. Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2016/399

  6. CHAPTER V Final provisions

    1. Article 81. Evaluation

    2. Article 82. Repeal

    3. Article 83. Entry into force and applicability

  7. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      TABLE OF CONTRIBUTIONS, TO BE PROVIDED BY EACH MEMBER STATE, TO THE MINIMUM TOTAL NUMBER OF 1 500 BORDER GUARDS AND OTHER RELEVANT STAFF, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 20(5)

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

    2. ANNEX II

      CORRELATION TABLE

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

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