Memo: Commissioner Malmström welcomes political agreement on the proposal to amend the Frontex Regulation

A political consensus has been reached between the negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the proposal amending the Frontex Regulation. , The agreement comes a year and half after the Commission tabled its proposal in February 2010. Once formally adopted the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX) will have a stronger mandate to better and more effectively protect the European Union's external borders.

The European Parliament formally adopted the reforms on the 13 September 2011.

• Primary Source

Deutsche Welle, 13.9.11: EU to beef up border agency Frontex http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15386241,00.html

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release: IP/11/1020: European Parliaments adopts Commission proposal for stronger EU border management agency http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1020&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Parliament: Press Release, 13.9.11: FRONTEX: new human rights watchdog, new powers http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20110913IPR26455/html/FRONTEX-new-human-rights-watchdog-new-powers

BBC News, 13.9.11: EU boosts powers of border agency Frontex http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14901941

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