Based on the Community's new powers under Article 63(3)(b) TEC, the Council has so far authorised the Commission to negotiate Community readmission agreements with 11 third countries/entities: Morocco, Sri Lanka , Russia, Pakistan (September 2000), Hong Kong, Macao (May 2001), Ukraine (June 2002) and Albania, Algeria, China, Turkey (November 2002).
Based on the Community's new powers under Article 63(3)(b) TEC, the Council has so far authorised the Commission to negotiate Community readmission agreements with 11 third countries/entities: Morocco, Sri Lanka , Russia, Pakistan (September 2000), Hong Kong, Macao (May 2001), Ukraine (June 2002) and Albania, Algeria, China, Turkey (November 2002).