Considerations on COM(2018)836 - Signing of a Protocol with Denmark on criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining an asylum request for law enforcement purposes

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dossier COM(2018)836 - Signing of a Protocol with Denmark on criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining an asylum ...
document COM(2018)836 EN
date March  7, 2019
 
table>(1)On 14 December 2015 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Denmark on the arrangements for the participation of Denmark in the procedure for comparison and data transmission for law enforcement purposes provided for in Chapter VI of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1).
(2)Negotiations were concluded and the Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in Denmark or any other Member State of the European Union and ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention regarding access to Eurodac for law enforcement purposes (‘the Protocol’) was initialled on 11 December 2017.

(3)The Protocol should be signed.

(4)The United Kingdom and Ireland are bound by Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 and are therefore taking part in the adoption of this Decision.

(5)In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,