Attachment

United Kingdom

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RECOMMENDATION No 2 OF THE JOINT READMISSION COMMITTEE SET UP BY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON READMISSION OF 25 MAY 2006

of …

with regard to readmission applications requiring the arrangement of interviews

THE COMMITTEE,

Referring to the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on readmission of 25 May 2006 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Readmission Agreement’) and in particular Article 19(1) thereof and Article 6(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Readmission Committee of 25 July 2007,

Whereas:

(1)

The interview is one of the elements of the readmission procedure provided for in the Readmission Agreement and, in accordance with Article 9(4), should be arranged when none of the documents listed in Annexes 2 and 3 to the Readmission Agreement can be attached by the requesting party to the readmission application.

(2)

Recommendation No 1 of the Joint Readmission Committee with regard to readmission applications requiring the arrangement of interviews was adopted on 2 June 2009 by the Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘Recommendation No 1’).

(3)

In accordance with point (f) of Article 20(1) of the Readmission Agreement, specific arrangements concerning time limits for the handling of readmission applications may be covered by bilateral implementing protocols,

RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING:

For the Russian Federation

For the European Union