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EU: Council of the European Union: Council adopts new rules for the surveillance of the EU external sea borders

13 May 2014

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"The regulation provides member states participating in FRONTEX operations with clearer, updated and binding rules to be applied in the course of these operations. This w ill result in greater effectiveness and legal certainty in operations at the external sea borders."

See the full text: Council of the European Union: Council adopts new rules for the surveillance of the EU external sea borders (press release, pdf)

And see: Statewatch Analysis: New EU rules on maritime surveillance: will they stop the deaths and push-backs in the Mediterranean? by Steve Peers (February 2014, pdf)

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