# European Border and Coast Guard

European Parliament procedure 2015/0310(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee AFET / BUDG / LIBE / PECH / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 1,443 committee amendments tabled by 111 Members between 2016-03-29 and 2016-04-22.

## What the amendments focus on

A legislative proposal on the European Border and Coast Guard. Amendments propose renaming Frontex as the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and transferring management of the external borders, with provisions on rapid border interventions, European Border and Coast Guard Teams, hotspot areas, return of illegally staying third-country nationals, search and rescue at sea, a Fundamental Rights Officer and complaint mechanism, and the principle of non-refoulement.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ska KELLER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 212 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96734.md |
| Barbara SPINELLI | Italy | GUE/NGL | 127 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124810.md |
| Péter NIEDERMÜLLER | Hungary | S&D | 127 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124723.md |
| Tanja FAJON | Slovenia | S&D | 124 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96911.md |
| Josef WEIDENHOLZER | Austria | S&D | 123 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111014.md |
| Sofia SAKORAFA | Greece | GUE/NGL | 110 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125091.md |
| Kostas CHRYSOGONOS | Greece | GUE/NGL | 109 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125061.md |
| Louis MICHEL | Belgium | ALDE | 105 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96670.md |
| Nathalie GRIESBECK | France | ALDE | 93 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28208.md |
| Geoffrey VAN ORDEN | United Kingdom | ECR | 81 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4513.md |
| Ana GOMES | Portugal | S&D | 80 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28306.md |
| Miltiadis KYRKOS | Greece | S&D | 79 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125113.md |
| Gérard DEPREZ | Belgium | ALDE | 78 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1473.md |
| Cecilia WIKSTRÖM | Sweden | ALDE | 74 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96677.md |
| Sophia IN 'T VELD | Netherlands | RE | 73 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28266.md |

## Official source documents

- PE578.841: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PECH-AM-578841_EN.pdf
- PE580.581: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-580581_EN.pdf
- PE580.688: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TRAN-AM-580688_EN.pdf
- PE580.712: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-580712_EN.pdf
- PE582.066: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-582066_EN.pdf
- PE582.070: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-582070_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2015-0310-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2015-0310-COD.json

---

Source: AmendEU (amendeu.com), built from Parltrack (ODbL), European Parliament Open Data ((c) European Union) and official Parliament documents. Aggregates CC BY 4.0.
Data refreshed: 2026-07-27. Human-readable version: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2015-0310-COD
When citing, attribute to "AmendEU (amendeu.com)".