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**Council of the**
**European Union**

**Interinstitutional File:**

**2019/0163(NLE)**

**'I/A' ITEM NOTE**

**Brussels, 20 September 2019**
**(OR. en)**

**12343/19**

**SCH-EVAL 151**
**MIGR 149**
**COMIX 418**

From: General Secretariat of the Council

To: Permanent Representatives Committee (Part 2)/Council

No. prev. doc.: 12342/19

Subject: Draft Council Implementing Decision setting out a recommendation on
addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2018 evaluation of **Estonia** on
the application of the Schengen acquis in the field of **return**

1. Following the Council's adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 establishing an

evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis, a team of

experts from the Member States and the Commission carried out an evaluation of Estonia on the

application of the Schengen acquis in the field of return in 2018.

2. In accordance with that Regulation, the Commission submitted to the Council a proposal for a

Council Implementing Decision setting out a Recommendation designed to address the deficiencies

identified in the course of the evaluation and ensure that Estonia applies all Schengen rules related

to return correctly and effectively.

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3. The Working Party for Schengen Matters (Evaluation), including the Mixed Committee

partners Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, approved the proposal for the Council

Implementing Decision setting out a Recommendation on 18 September 2019.

4. The Permanent Representatives Committee is therefore asked to recommend that the Council

adopt the draft Council Implementing Decision, as set out in 12342/19, as an 'A' item at a

forthcoming meeting.

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