PURPOSE: to conclude the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and South Korea, on the other part, as regards matters related to readmission.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.
BACKGROUND: the provisions of the EU-South Korea Agreement relating to readmission are the subject of this separate Decision, on which the Parliament is asked to give its consent.
LEGAL BASIS: Article 79(3), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
CONTENT: under this proposal decision, the Council is invited to adopt a Decision aiming to approve, on behalf of the European Union, the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and South Korea, on the other part, as regards matters relating to readmission.
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy shall chair the Joint Committee provided for in Agreement. The Union or, as the case may be, the Union and the Member States, shall be represented in the Joint Committee depending on the subject matter.
Territorial provisions: in accordance with Protocol No 21 and No 22on the position of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark in respect of the area of Freedom, Security and Justice, annexed to the Treaties, these Member States shall not take part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application.