EC/Switzerland/Liechtenstein agreement: protocol on the accession of Liechtenstein to the EC/Switzerland agreement on the criteria to determine the state responsible for the examination of an asylum application. Dublin Convention on Eurodac

The European Parliament adopted, by 621 votes to 13 with 50 abstentions

under the consultation procedure, a legislative resolution approving the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol between the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on implementing the Dublin Regulation in this country (establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland). The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Ewa KLAMT (EPP-ED, DE) on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Parliament adopted one amendment to the proposal, indicating that the agreement requires the assent, and not merely a consultation, of the European Parliament. Therefore, they amended the legal basis of the proposal and indicated that they reserve the right to defend the prerogatives as conferred by the Treaty to the European Parliament in this matter.