96/749/JHA: Council Decision of 16 December 1996 on monitoring the implementation of instruments adopted by the Council concerning illegal immigration, readmission, the unlawful employment of third country nationals and cooperation in the implementation of expulsion orders

• Articles: 4

Article 1

Preparation of a questionnaire

Each year, the Presidency shall forward to the Member States a questionnaire designed to show how they have implemented the instruments adopted by the Council concerning illegal immigration, readmission, the unlawful employment of third country nationals and cooperation in the implementation of expulsion orders.

Article 2

Content of the questionnaire

The questionnaire shall refer to the following matters:

- provisions adopted during the preceding year by the Member States in any of the areas covered by the instruments referred to in Article 1,

- any difficulties encountered in adopting such provisions,

- the likelihood of provisions in the areas referred to in the first indent being adopted in the near future,

- practical application of the aforementioned instruments and provisions.

Article 3

Evaluation of the replies

A report shall be drawn up by the General Secretariat of the Council on the basis of the replies received from the Member States and shall be submitted to the Council.

Article 4

Implementation for the first time

The first questionnaire shall be sent to the Member States no later than 30 June 1997 and shall cover the period since the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1996.

For the Council

The President

M. D. HIGGINS

(1) OJ No C 319, 26. 10. 1996, p. 1.