Chapter V, Article 23 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2055

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Article 23Exchange of general information concerning modalities and practical arrangements of the transfers#

1.For the purpose of transfers, the Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Asylum Agency of all airports having direct regular scheduled flight connections between Member States and of all seaports with regular scheduled passenger ferry connections between Member States. The Member States may indicate the airports to which they prefer to receive transfers.Member States shall indicate at least one airport to which transfers are to be carried out, as well as the authority which is competent to receive the persons to be transferred at that airport when the receiving Member State fails to confirm the reception of the standard form or, where applicable, its availability to receive the transfer or fails to propose alternative locations or times for the transfer as provided for in Article 25(5) or in Article 26(3).

2.The Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Asylum Agency of the authorities and their address before which the persons subject to voluntary transfers and transfers carried out by supervised departures in accordance with Article 25(1), point (a), are to appear upon arrival.

3.The Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Asylum Agency of the authorities and their address at the border or within their territory to which transfers carried out by land by supervised departures in accordance with Article 25(1), point (b), and under escort shall take place.

4.Member States shall communicate to the Asylum Agency the information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 by 12 April 2026. When providing that information, the Members States shall also indicate to which of the locations referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 transfers are also possible before 09:00 and after 16:00 during working days.The Asylum Agency shall draw up a consolidated list of the locations referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and make it available to the Member States. The information shall be updated by 20 December of each year.The Member States shall inform as soon as possible the Asylum Agency of any change of the locations referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.

5.For the purposes of facilitating the exchange of information on transfers, by 12 April 2026 and thereafter by 20 December of each year at the latest, the Member States shall communicate to the other Member States and the Asylum Agency the dates of the national holidays of the following year. On that basis the Asylum Agency shall draw up a consolidated list.