Arrangement with Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein: participation in the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice

The European Parliament adopted by 602 votes to 15, with 56 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Arrangement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Iceland, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the other part, on the participation by those States in the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice.

The European Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

The draft Decision includes the elements necessary to ensure the participation of the countries associated with the Schengen acquis and the Dublin and Eurodac-related measures in the activities of the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice, and provides for the conditions under which their participation may take place.