On 22 June negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an “informal agreement” on the text for a Regulation establishing a European Border and Coast Guard, which will upgrade the Frontex agency with an increased role in returns, greater access to technical equipment, more powers for liaison officers and new possibilities for the Council to reintroduce border controls where states refuse to accept asssistance from the new agency.
A leaked copy of the text (pdf, html) sets out the positions of the institutions and the compromise text, which will be voted on by the Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on 27 June and, if they agree to it, by the full Parliament in July.
See also: press releases
- European Commission: The European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached an agreement, endorsed by the Council today, on the Commission’s proposal on a European Border and Coast Guard (pdf)
- European Parliament: European Border and Coast Guard:
Parliament and Council strike provisional deal (pdf)
And: Regulation on a European Border and Coast Guard Agency (SEMDOC)