To strengthen cooperation with third countries on asylum and migration, including readmission and addressing the root causes and drivers of irregular migration and forced displacement, it is necessary to promote and build tailor-made and mutually beneficial partnerships with those countries. Such partnerships should provide a framework for better coordination of the relevant Union policies and tools with third countries, and be based on human rights, rule of law and the respect of the Union’s common values. As regards the external components of the comprehensive approach, nothing in this Regulation affects the pre-existing division of competences between the Member States and the Union, or between the institutions of the Union. Those competences will continue to be exercised with full respect for the procedural rules of the Treaties and in line with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in particular as regards non-binding instruments of the Union.