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Document 02015D1208(02)-20180724
Commission Decision of 24 November 2015 on the coordination of the actions of the Union and of the Member States through a coordination mechanism — the Refugee Facility for Turkey
Consolidated text: Commission Decision of 24 November 2015 on the coordination of the actions of the Union and of the Member States through a coordination mechanism — the Refugee Facility for Turkey
Commission Decision of 24 November 2015 on the coordination of the actions of the Union and of the Member States through a coordination mechanism — the Refugee Facility for Turkey
02015D1208(02) — EN — 24.07.2018 — 002.001
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COMMISSION DECISION of 24 November 2015 (OJ C 407 8.12.2015, p. 8) |
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 November 2015
on the coordination of the actions of the Union and of the Member States through a coordination mechanism — the Refugee Facility for Turkey
2015/C 407/07
Article 1
Establishment of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
This Decision establishes a coordination mechanism — the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (‘the Facility’) — to assist Turkey in addressing the immediate humanitarian and development needs of the refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection and their host communities, national and local authorities in managing and addressing the consequences of the inflow of refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection.
Article 2
Objectives of the Facility
Article 3
Scope and form of support
Types of actions coordinated through the Facility may cover, inter alia:
The provision of humanitarian assistance to refugees;
Support contributing to integration in the labour market, access to education and social inclusion of refugees and host communities, including in terms of provision of adequate infrastuctures;
Support to the national and local authorities to address the consequences of the presence of Refugees in Turkey, including in terms of migration flows management and provision of adequate infrastructures.
The Commission shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in obtaining access to the projects supported by the Facility.
Article 4
Coordination of resources under the Facility
EU budget contribution
Member States' contributions
Article 5
Steering committee
The steering committee of the Facility shall:
provide strategic guidance on the coordination of the assistance to be delivered. The strategic guidance shall consist in setting overall priorities, types of actions to be supported, the instruments to be used for the efficient implementation of the actions and the coordination of the actions as well as, when appropriate, conditions relating to the implementation by Turkey of its commitments under the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan for the delivery of assistance.
permanently monitor and assess the implementation of the actions coordinated under the Facility, including respect of the conditionality requirements, having regard to the assessments carried out by the structures established with the purpose of monitoring progress in the implementation of the commitments reflected in the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan.
examine the disbursement forecasts relating to the implementation of actions submitted by the Commission and, where appropriate, may propose that the Commission defer all or part of the call related to one or more later instalments due.
monitor contributions from Member States, according to the contribution schedule provided for in the contribution certificate of each Member State.
The steering committee shall be composed of two representatives of the Commission and one representative of each Member State.
As far as possible the steering committee shall provide its strategic guidance by consensus. In the event of a vote, the outcome of the vote shall be decided by a simple majority of the members.
Turkey shall be a member of the steering committee in an advisory capacity with respect to pargraph (1) (i) and (ii), so as to ensure full coordination of the actions on the ground, except when the steering committee examines strategic guidance concerning conditions relating to the implementation by Turkey its commitments under the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan for the delivery of the assistance or monitors and assesses the respect of these conditions.
It shall be ensured that Member States and the Commission representatives in the Committee are not in a situation of conflict of interests, as defined by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
The Commission shall have a right to veto strategic guidance of the steering committee with the sole aim of ensuring the legality of any subsequent decision, including its compatibility with its responsibility for implementing the Union's budget. Where the Commission intends to use this right, it shall justify, upon request, why a draft decision would be inconsistent with any of the aforementioned requirements. ◄
Article 6
Implementation modalities
The Turkish authorities shall be consulted in respect to all actions other than those providing immediate humanitarian assistance.
The Commission shall have regular meetings with the Member States competent authorities and the appropriate authorities in Turkey.
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No interest shall be due for the late payment by a Member State of a contribution to the Facility for Refugees in Turkey.
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In the management of the amounts coordinated under the Facility the strategic guidance provided by the steering committee refererred to in Article 5 shall be fully taken into account, in particular with regard to the conditions of the delivery of the assistance.
Article 7
Visibility
The Commission shall provide information on and promote the actions supported by the Facility so as to ensure its visibility.
Article 8
Information, monitoring and evaluation
Article 9
Final provisions
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( 1 ) As amended by Commission Decision C(2016) 855 final.