What Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 - Surveillance of the External Sea Borders in Frontex-Coordinated Operations requires
Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 establishes the rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders during operational cooperation coordinated by Frontex. It applies to border surveillance operations carried out by Member States at their external sea borders under Agency coordination. All measures taken for a sea operation must, in all instances, ensure the safety of the persons intercepted or rescued, of the participating units and of third parties. No person may, in contravention of the principle of non-refoulement, be disembarked in, forced to enter, conducted to or otherwise handed over to the authorities of a country where there is a serious risk of the death penalty, torture, persecution or other inhuman or degrading treatment, or where life or freedom would be threatened, or from which there is a serious risk of onward refoulement; before any disembarkation in a third country the host Member State must assess that country's general situation and participating units must identify the persons, assess their circumstances and give them an opportunity to raise non-refoulement concerns. On detection, participating units approach and survey a suspect vessel at a prudent distance and report to the International Coordination Centre. Interception measures differ by zone: in the territorial sea and contiguous zone they require the coastal State's authorisation and must be proportionate; on the high seas they are subject to flag-State authorisation under the UN Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants. Member States must render assistance to any vessel or person in distress regardless of nationality or status, following the uncertainty, alert and distress phases and cooperating with the responsible Rescue Coordination Centre. Disembarkation modalities must be set out in the operational plan: interception in the territorial sea or contiguous zone leads to disembarkation in the coastal Member State; interception on the high seas may lead to disembarkation in the third country of departure or, failing that, the host Member State; and in search and rescue situations the States cooperate with the Rescue Coordination Centre to identify a place of safety.
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- Regulation (EU) No 656/2014, Article 1 - Scope: border surveillance at external sea borders in operations coordinated by the Agency (Frontex)
- Regulation (EU) No 656/2014, Article 2 - Definitions (sea operation, host and participating Member State, International Coordination Centre, place of safety)
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