Fonds voor de buitengrenzen 2007-2013 – Luxemburg
The Commission has adopted the multiannual programme under the External Borders Fund 2007-2013 for Luxembourg for an estimated amount of € 500 000, together with the first two annual programmes (2007 and 2008).
Vice President Jacques BARROT in charge of the Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio, welcomed the adoption of the multiannual programme for the implementation of the External Borders Fund. "This multiannual programme will help Luxembourg adapt its IT systems to the European integrated Schengen Information and Visa Information Systems."
Luxembourg has chosen to implement four of the Fund's five strategic priorities:
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-Further gradual establishment of the common integrated border management system;
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-Support for the issuing of visas and the tackling of illegal immigration by the consular services of the Member States in third countries;
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-Establishment of IT systems required by Community rules on external borders and visas (VIS and SIS);
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-Application of the Community rules on external borders and visas, in particular the Schengen Borders Code and the European Code on Visas.
Two projects will be financed in the 2007 and 2008 annual programmes in Luxembourg:
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-Adaptation of the IT national system connected to the Schengen Information System made necessary by the integration of the new Member States in the Schengen area;
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-Improvement of the border control IT tools at the Luxembourg airport to make passport checks quicker.
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Background:
The External Borders Fund is one of the four financial instruments of the General Programme on "Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows" which encourages a fair share of responsibilities between Member States arising from the introduction of integrated management of the external borders and from the implementation of common policies on asylum and immigration. The other three Funds are: the European Fund for the Integration of Third country nationals, the European Return Fund and the European Refugee Fund.
The External Borders Fund establishes a financial solidarity mechanism to support countries which endure, for the benefit of the Community, a lasting and heavy financial burden arising from the implementation of common standards on control and surveillance of external borders and visa policy.
The overall budget of this Fund for 2007-2013 is € 1820 million, distributed as follows:
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-€ 1543 million distributed among Member States on the basis of objective criteria expressing the burden of each state for external border control and visa policy for actions under national programmes;
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-€ 109 million (6%) directly managed by the Commission and dedicated to Community actions.
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-€ 108 million for the Kaliningrad transit scheme implemented by Lithuania
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-€ 60 million for specific actions at strategic border points at the external borders on the basis of risk analyses carried out by the FRONTEX Agency.
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