As regards travel expenses of the members in the Board designated by the Member States acting within the Council and experts invited pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article which arise in connection with the work of the Board, the Commission’s “Rules on the reimbursement of expenses incurred by people from outside the Commission invited to attend meetings in an expert capacity” shall apply’.

As regards travel expenses of the members in the Board designated by the Member States acting within the Council and experts invited pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article which arise in connection with the work of the Board, the Commission’s “Rules on the reimbursement of expenses incurred by people from outside the Commission invited to attend meetings in an expert capacity” shall apply’.

In the Council conclusions on SIS II of 26 to 27 February 2009 and 4 to 5 June 2009, an informal body consisting of experts of the Member States and designated as the ‘Global Programme Management Board’ was established to enhance cooperation and provide direct support from the Member States to Central SIS II .

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32008D0457 - EN - 2008/457/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2008 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Decision 2007/435/EC establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under docu ...[+++]ment number C(2008) 795) - COMMISSION DECISION // laying down rules for the implementation of Council Decision 2007/435/EC establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund // (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) // (2008/457/EC) // MODEL DESCRIPTION OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS // MODEL MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL FINAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL AUDIT STRATEGY // MODEL REPORT BY THE AUDIT AUTHORITY // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE SECOND PRE-FINANCING // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR PAYMENT OF THE BALANCE // INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE EMBLEM AND DEFINITION OF THE STANDARD COLOURS // RULES ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF EXPENDITURE — INTEGRATION FUND

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32008D0458 - EN - 2008/458/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2008 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Return Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under doc ...[+++]ument number C(2008) 796) - COMMISSION DECISION // laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Return Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund // (notified under document number C(2008)796) // (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) // (2008/458/EC) // MODEL DESCRIPTION OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS // MODEL MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL FINAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL AUDIT STRATEGY // MODEL REPORT BY THE AUDIT AUTHORITY // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE SECOND PRE-FINANCING // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR PAYMENT OF THE BALANCE // INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE EMBLEM AND DEFINITION OF THE STANDARD COLOURS // RULES ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF EXPENDITURE — EUROPEAN RETURN FUND

Taking into account the experiences of the External Borders Practitioners’ Common Unit, acting within the Council, a specialised expert body tasked with improving the coordination of operational cooperation between Member States in the field of external border management should therefore be established in the shape of a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the Agency).