Support for the Libyan coastguard

11.7.2018

Question for written answer E-003807-18
to the Commission
Rule 130
Sabine Lösing (GUE/NGL)

The General Administration for Coastal Security (GACS), which with its 3 800 staff falls under the remit of the Ministry of the Interior, is a partner of the EU’s Aurora and Seahorse Mediterranean projects. A marine police force, it undertakes monitoring activities and marine rescue operations, albeit only within the twelve-mile limit at sea and a 30-kilometre strip on land. It is a member of the Coast Guard Cooperation Network, which was established by the EU border agency (Frontex) and which also includes eight non-EU countries.

1. Under what EU provisions is training or support in the form of material and financial means provided for the GACS by the EU and its Member States? Who is responsible for carrying this out? 2. What other training provisions are planned for the GACS in the context of EU missions (for example EUNAVFOR MED or EUBAM), among other things for the installation and equipping of maritime surveillance centres? 3. What tasks are undertaken by the coastguard in Frontex’s Coast Guard Cooperation Network? Which other non-EU countries are involved?