Article 5 European Border and Coast Guard Agency

The Agency shall be governed by this Regulation.

The Agency shall include the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps (‘the standing corps’) referred to in Article 54 with a capacity of up to 10 000 operational staff in accordance with Annex I.

To ensure coherent European integrated border management, the Agency shall facilitate and render more effective the application of Union measures relating to the management of the external borders, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/399, and of Union measures relating to return.

The Agency shall contribute to the continuous and uniform application of Union law, including the Union acquis on fundamental rights, in particular the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’), at external borders. Its contribution shall include the exchange of good practices.