| Author (Corporate) | Council of the European Union, European Parliament |
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| Series Title | Official Journal of the European Union |
| Series Details | L 328 |
| Publication Date | 21/12/2018 |
| Content Type | Legislation |
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Summary: On 22 October 2018 the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation regarding the re-commitment of funds committed to Member States' national programmes under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the Regulation on 12 December. Further information: To support the implementation of Decisions 2015/1523 and 2015/1601 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece, and of Decision 2016/1754 on legal admission from Turkey, funding was committed to Member States' national programmes under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). These Decisions have enabled the effective relocation of 34,705 applicants in need of international protection from Greece and Italy and the legal admission of 5,345 persons in need of international protection from Turkey. The timeframe and applicability of these Decisions have now come to an end. In the light of discussions with the European Parliament and the Council in the course of 2018, the Commission proposed to amend Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 516/2014, to enable Member States to use the remaining committed funds to address Union priorities in the area of migration, including carrying out relocation. The proposed Regulation enables Member States to re-commit or transfer amounts within national programmes, by means of revisions of the national programme. It also extends the deadline for de-commitment of the remaining amounts committed to support the implementation of Decisions 2015/1523 and 2015/1601 by a maximum of six months, so as to ensure that Member States will have sufficient time to revise the national programmes in order to make the changes related to possible re-commitments or transfers of funding. |
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| Source Link | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.328.01.0078.01.ENG |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Subject Tags | Asylum | Refugees |
| Countries / Regions | Greece, Italy, Turkey |
| International Organisations | European Union [EU] |
