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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/1020",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1020 of 13 July 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 801/2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1020\nof 13 July 2020\namending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 801/2014\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, in particular Article 17(8) thereof,\nAfter consulting the Asylum, Migration and Integration and Internal Security Funds Committee,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 2(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 801/2014 provides that in order to qualify for the additional amount for resettled persons, the persons concerned need to be effectively resettled from the beginning of the period concerned and up to six months following the end of that period.\n(2)\nHowever, the Union resettlement efforts carried out by Member States have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in an unprecedented manner. The crisis has required Member States to put on hold their resettlement operations and impose restrictions on the entry to their territory.\n(3)\nMoreover, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Member States’ key partners for resettlement, have suspended their operations temporarily in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, due to the travel bans issued by many countries of first asylum, resettlement selection missions are not possible for the Member States under the current circumstances.\n(4)\nThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has serious implications not only on the implementation of the resettlement pledges, but also on the absorption capacity under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.\n(5)\nIn order to honour Member States’ strong commitment to resettlement actions, it is necessary to ensure that the corresponding financial support is used flexibly and effectively.\n(6)\nTo this end, it is appropriate to extend the deadline of implementation for the resettlement period covering the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 from 30 June 2021 to 31 December 2021.\n(7)\nIreland is bound by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 and is as a consequence bound by this Regulation.\n(8)\nThe United Kingdom is bound by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 and is as a consequence bound by this Regulation. In accordance with Article 138 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, applicable Union law, including the rules on financial corrections and on clearance of accounts, will continue to apply to the United Kingdom after 31 December 2020 until the closure of those Union programmes and activities.\n(9)\nDenmark is not bound by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 or by this Regulation.\n(10)\nGiven the urgency of the situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is appropriate that this Regulation enters into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.\n(11)\nImplementing Regulation (EU) No 801/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 168."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 801/2014 of 24 July 2014 setting out the timetable and other implementing conditions related to the mechanism for the allocation of resources for the Union Resettlement Programme under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (OJ L 219, 25.7.2014, p. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ C 384 I, 12.11.2019, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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