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The Union, in constituting an area of freedom, security and justice, should ensure the absence of internal border controls for persons, frame a common policy on asylum and migration, external border control and returns, and prevent unauthorised movements between Member States, based on solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility between Member States, which is also […]
Without prejudice to measures applicable under other policy fields and legal instruments, to ensure an immediate and appropriate response to hybrid threats in accordance with Union law and international obligations, this Regulation focuses on the specific measures applicable in the area of migration aimed at addressing the situations of instrumentalisation.
The Council implementing decision should establish, where appropriate, a Solidarity Response Plan, indicating the specific solidarity and support measures required and the levels thereof, as well as the pledges made by the contributing Member States. To that end, the pledging exercise should take place in the framework of the adoption of the Council implementing decision. […]
In a situation of instrumentalisation and to prevent a third country or a hostile non-state actor from targeting specific nationalities or specific categories of third-country nationals or stateless persons, it should be possible for a Member State to derogate from the asylum procedure set out in this Regulation by taking a decision in the framework […]
In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 and Article 4a(1) of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the and to the , and without prejudice to Article 4 of that Protocol, Ireland is not taking part in […]
It is also necessary to ensure that the system for the comparison of biometric data functions within the interoperability framework established by Regulations (15) and (16) of the European Parliament and of the Council in accordance with this Regulation and with , in particular with the principles of necessity and proportionality and with the principle […]
The powers granted to law enforcement authorities to access Eurodac should be without prejudice to the right of an applicant for international protection to have his or her application processed in due course in accordance with the relevant law. Furthermore, any subsequent follow-up after obtaining a ‘hit’ from Eurodac should also be without prejudice to […]
The official responsible for taking the biometric data of a minor should receive training so that sufficient care is taken to ensure an adequate quality of biometric data of the minor and to guarantee that the process is child friendly so that the minor, particularly a very young minor, feels safe and can readily cooperate […]
Where a hit is received by a Member State from Eurodac that can assist that Member State in carrying out its obligations necessary for the application of the grounds for refusing admission under , the Member State of origin which had previously refused to admit a third-country national or a stateless person should promptly exchange […]
applies to the processing of personal data by Member States carried out in application of this Regulation unless such processing is carried out by the designated or verifying competent authorities of the Member States for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of terrorist offences or of other serious criminal offences, including safeguarding […]
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