KEY CHALLENGES AND NEXT STEPS Speeding up the processing of asylum applications from registration to appeal, in line with EU and international law Step-up urgently the pace of returns to Turkey of those whose asylum applications are deemed inadmissible or unfounded Increase reception capacity on the islands and transfer to the mainland those applicants who are referred to the regular asylum procedure or who have been granted the refugee status Scaling up and adjusting for winter reception capacities in the Greek islands Adoption by the Greek authorities of the Standard Operating Procedures for hotspots and nomination of permanent coordin ...[+++]ators in hotspots

‘secondment’ means temporary employment of staff by a beneficiary with the right for the staff to return to the previous employer;

Lastly, and without prejudice to any right afforded to persons who have been the object of smuggling by any domestic law of the receiving State, the States party to the Protocol agree to facilitate the return of their citizens and persons who have the right of permanent residence in its territory and who have been the object of smuggling.

Lastly, and without prejudice to any right afforded to persons who have been the object of smuggling by any domestic law of the receiving State, the States party to the Protocol agree to facilitate the return of their citizens and persons who have the right of permanent residence in its territory and who have been the object of smuggling.

Although consolidated data on the number of decisions adopted and penalties imposed by national enforcement authorities are not available, the following representative examples can be provided: between the entry into force of the Directive and mid 2011, the Italian Competition Authority issued more than 700 decisions and applied administrative fines totalling € 91 million; the French General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Issues and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) issued 1251 Reports[124] and corresponding fines amounting to approximately € 1.7 million were imposed; [125] the Latvian Consumer Rights Protection Centre took 154 binding deci ...[+++]sions and imposed fines of € 159 400; the Finnish Consumer Ombudsman initiated 8 court cases; the Irish National Consumer Agency issued 14 undertakings, 116 compliance notices, 2 prohibition orders, and started 2 prosecutions; the Slovak Trade Inspection issued 46 administrative decisions and imposed a total amount of € 151 800 in fines; and, finally, 18 court rulings and 52 injunction orders were issued in Sweden.

The political process initiated will make it possible to determine the best way to satisfy the following three fundamental principles: supervision by the scientific community; political and financial responsibility with the Commission; and a Community nature, to avoid the risks regarding a "fair return".