In its Recommendation to the Member States of 8 June 2015 on a European Resettlement Scheme, the Commission recommended that resettlement should be based on an equitable distribution key. This was followed by conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 20 July 2015 to resettle, through multilateral and national schemes, 22 504 persons in clear need of international protection. The resettlement places were distributed among Member States and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland in accordance with the commitments set out in the Annex to those conclusions.