1. Member States may, on a bilateral basis, establish administrative arrangements between themselves concerning the practical details for the implementation of this Regulation, in order to facilitate its application and increase its effectiveness. Such arrangements may relate to:
(a) exchanges of liaison officers;
(b) the simplification of the procedures and the shortening of the time limits relating to transmission and the examination of take charge requests or take back notifications;
(c) solidarity contributions made pursuant to Part IV.
2. Member States may also maintain the administrative arrangements concluded under Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 (41) and Regulation (EU) No 604/2013. To the extent that such arrangements are not compatible with this Regulation, the Member States concerned shall amend those arrangements in such a way as to eliminate any incompatibilities.
3. Before concluding or amending any arrangement as referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), the Member States concerned shall consult the Commission as to the compatibility of the arrangement with this Regulation.
4. Where the Commission considers the arrangements referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), to be incompatible with this Regulation, it shall, within a reasonable period, notify the Member States concerned. The Member States concerned shall take all appropriate steps to amend the arrangement concerned within a reasonable time in such a way as to eliminate any such incompatibilities.
5. Member States shall notify the Commission of all arrangements referred to in paragraph 1, and of any denunciation thereof, or amendment thereto.
41. Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national (OJ L 50, 25.2.2003, p. 1). ↩︎
Correlation table
| Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 | This Regulation |
| Article 36 | Article 53 |