The report discusses Frontex’s plans to update the Serious Incident Reports (SIR) mechanism, full details of which it did not share with the working group despite a request for the information.
As part of these updates Frontex intends to classify all SIRs as RESTRIENT UE/EU RESTRICTED (the lowest level of EU Classified Information, EUCI), and all SIRs would be handled by the Frontex Situation Centre.
The working group finds this proposal inappropriate and, in fact, contrary to Frontex s founding legislation: Serious Incidents regarding alleged violation of Fundamental Rights should not be reported to Frontex Situation Centre but should be directly reported to the Fundamental Rights Officer, for follow-up in accordance with his or her competences, as set out in Article 109 (2) (b) of the EBCG Regulation