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10. Frontex—The EU Border Management and Coast Guard Agency

verfasst von : Johann Wagner

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Abstract

In 2018, the common external borders of the 28 EU MS measure around 13,500 km of land borders and 66,000 km (41,000 ml) of coastlines. The area of ‘air borders’ could, where appropriate, be categorised by the number of international airports in all EU MS combined with all international inbound and outbound flights of the EU MS.

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Fußnoten
1
Frontex [1].
 
2
Treaty on European Union (Consolidated Version), Treaty of Maastricht, 7th February 1992, Official Journal of the European Communities C 325/5; 24th December 2002.
 
3
EU (2017): The four fundamental freedoms in the EU: Free movement of goods; freedom of movement for workers; right of establishment and freedom to provide services; and free movement of capital.
EUR-Lex (2017): The Treaty on European Union (TEU), signed in Maastricht on 7th February 1992, entered into force on 1st November, 1993. Available from: https://​eur-lex.​europa.​eu/​legal-content/​EN/​TXT/​?​uri=​URISERV:​xy0026 (Accessed on 7th January 2017).
 
4
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union—Consolidated Versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (2016/C 202/01). Article 77–80.
 
5
Ibid.
 
6
Ibid.
 
7
UNHCR [23].
 
8
UNHCR [24].
 
9
UNHCR [2, p. 6].
 
10
Note from the author: The main task of a (border) police is the prevention of criminal offences, but also the consequent prosecution. Therefore, the police, who is the extended arm of the law by representing the state, is entitled to use the power of force to enforce the rule of law. This legal relationship between the EU and its citizens does not exist in this form.
 
11
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) was established by Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14th September 2016 on the European Border and Coast Guard and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC (OJ L 251, 16.09. 2016, p. 1).
 
12
Ibid.
 
13
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26th October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union.
 
14
Frontex [1].
 
15
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26th October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union. Article 3—Joint operations and pilot projects at external borders.
 
16
Ibid. Article 20—Powers of the Management Board Carrera, Sergio [30].
 
17
Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11th July 2007 establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism and regulating the tasks and powers of guest officers OJ L 199, 31st July 2007.
 
18
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26th October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union. Article 3—Joint operations and pilot projects at external borders.
 
19
Ibid. Article 4—Risk Analysis.
 
20
Note from the author: See further explanations under Point 9.​3. Eurosur.
 
21
Krösbacher [3].
 
22
Frontex Guidelines for Risk Analysis Units Structure and tools for the application of CIRAM version 2.0. 2. Frontex: background, mandate and objectives, p. 9.
Neal [25].
 
23
Note from the author: See further discussion under Chap. 11—International Police Cooperation, Point 11.​9. Common training and equipment.
 
24
Frontex [5].
 
25
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26th October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union.
Article 6—Follow-up to research.
 
26
European Commission [6].
 
27
European Commission [7].
 
28
European Commission [8].
In its conclusions of 5th October 2006, the Council invites the Commission “with the cooperation of FRONTEX and taking into account the responsibilities of Member States, the feasibility study on the establishment of a Mediterranean Coastal Patrol Network (MEDSEA) and experience gained in joint operations, to present a Communication to the Council before the end of 2006 identifying those further operational measures that can be taken in the short-term to equip the Union with the necessary capacity to help assist in preventing and managing migration crisis situations”.
 
29
Ibid.
The feasibility study entitled ‘MEDSEA’ presented by FRONTEX on 14th July 2006 as part of the implementation of the Global Approach to Migration points to the need for a permanent Coastal Patrol Network for the southern maritime external borders.
 
30
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26th October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union.
Article 7—Management of technical equipment.
 
31
Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11th July 2007 establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism and regulating the tasks and powers of guest officers, OJ L 199, 31st July 2007, pp. 30–39. Krösbacher [3].
Fischer-Lescano et al. [9].
 
32
Commission Recommendation of 06/XI/2006 establishing a common “Practical Handbook for Border Guards (Schengen Handbook)” to be used by Member States’ competent authorities when carrying out the border control of persons, p. 10.
‘Border checks’ (Definition no. 12) are the checks carried out at border crossing points, to ensure that persons, their means may be authorised to enter or leave the territory of Schengen States.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26th October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union.
Article 6—Tasks and powers of the members of the team.
 
33
Ibid. Article 10—Exercise of executive powers.
 
34
Ibid.
 
35
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26th October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union.
Article 9—Return cooperation.
 
36
European Commission [10].
Müller [11].
 
37
Frontex [12].
 
38
European Council [13].
 
39
Federal Foreign Office [14].
 
40
Die Welt [15]
 
41
Möllers [16, p. 13]
 
42
EurActiv [17].
 
43
Léonard [18].
 
44
Neal [28].
 
45
De Boer [19].
 
46
Rijpma et al. [20].
 
47
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26th October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union.
Article 10—Exercise of executive powers.
 
48
Strondl [21].
 
49
Die Welt [22].
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Frontex—The EU Border Management and Coast Guard Agency
verfasst von
Johann Wagner
Copyright-Jahr
2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62728-7_10