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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT accompanying the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX)
Brussels, 24.2.2010, SEC(2010) 149
{COM(2010) 61 final}
{SEC(2010) 150}
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. PROCEDURAL ISSUES AND CONSULTATION OF INTERESTED PARTIES
1.1. Background and political context
1.2. Procedural issues and consultations with interested parties
2. PROBLEM DEFINITION
2.1. The legal framework
2.2. The context
2.3. What are the problems to be addressed?
2.3.1. Insufficient technical equipment put at the disposal by Member States
2.3.2. Insufficient human resources put at the disposal for joint operations by Member States; lack of uniform standards
2.3.3. Inefficient coordination and follow up of joint operations
2.3.4. Insufficient and inefficient cooperation with third countries
2.3.5. Collection, storage and processing of personal data
2.3.6. Return
2.3.7. No use of the expertise of the Agency to evaluate Member States’ performance in the area of border management
2.4. How would the problem evolve, all things being equal?
2.5. Right to act
3. OBJECTIVES
3.1. General objectives (cf Article 1 of the Regulation)
3.2. Specific objectives (cf Article 2 of the Regulation)
3.3. Operational objectives
4. POLICY OPTIONS
4.1. Assessment criteria
5. DESCRIPTION OF SUBOPTIONS AND ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS
5.1. Revising existing provisions on the use of technical equipment in joint operations, including the mechanisms for contributions from the Member States of such equipment
5.1.1. Do the suboptions address the general objectives?
5.1.2. Do the options have an impact on external countries/partners?
5.1.3. Can the involved costs be (or become) part of the FRONTEX budget and how high are they?
5.1.4. What are the possible impacts on fundamental rights?
5.1.5. Comparison of the suboptions
5.2. Mechanisms to improve the availability of border guards in joint operations
5.2.1. Do the suboptions address the general objectives?
5.2.2. Does the option have an impact on external countries/partners?
5.2.3. Can the involved costs be (or become) part of the FRONTEX budget and how high are they?
5.2.4. What are the possible impacts on fundamental rights?
5.2.5. Comparison of the suboptions
5.3. Revising the role of the Agency in preparing, coordinating and implementing operations, including with regard to the sharing of tasks between the Agency and the Member States
5.3.1. Do the suboptions address the general objectives?
5.3.2. Can the involved costs be (or become) part of the FRONTEX budget and how high are they?
5.3.3. What are the possible impacts on fundamental rights?
5.3.4. Comparison of the options
5.4. Expanding the mandate of the Agency in cooperating with third countries on border management
5.4.1. Do the suboptions address the general objectives?
5.4.2. Does the option/recommendation have an impact on external countries/partners?
5.4.3. Can the involved costs be (or become) part of the FRONTEX budget and how high are they?
5.4.4. What are the possible impacts on fundamental rights?
5.4.5. Comparison of the suboptions
5.5. Mandating the Agency to collect and process personal data
5.5.1. Do the suboptions address the general objectives?
5.5.2. Do the options have an impact on external countries/partners?
5.5.3. Can the involved costs be (or become) part of the FRONTEX budget and how high are they?
5.5.4. What are the possible impacts on fundamental rights?
5.5.5. Comparison of the options
5.6. Revising the mandate of the Agency as concerns return operations
5.6.1. Do the suboptions address the general objectives?
5.6.2. Does the option have an impact on external countries/partners?
5.6.3. Can the involved costs be (or become) part of the FRONTEX budget and how high are they?
5.6.4. What are the possible impacts on fundamental rights?
5.6.5. Comparison of the options
5.7. Mandating the Agency to evaluate Member States’ performance in the area of border management
5.7.1. Do the suboptions address the general objectives?
5.7.2. Does the option have an impact on external countries/partners?
5.7.3. Can the involved costs be (or become) part of the FRONTEX budget and how high are they?
5.7.4. What are the possible impacts on fundamental rights?
5.7.5. Comparison of the options
5.8. Subsidiarity and proportionality
6. ASSESSMENT OF THE PREFERRED POLICY OPTION
6.1. Summary of the preferred option
6.2. Overall assessment of impact of the preferred policy option
6.2.1. Subsidiarity and proportionality
6.2.2. Costs
7. MONITORING AND EVALUATION
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