
Sole Article 

1. The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Readmission Committee set up by Article 19 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on readmission, regarding the adoption of the recommendation with regard to readmission applications requiring the arrangement of interviews, shall be based on the draft Joint Readmission Committee recommendation attached to this Decision.
2. Minor technical corrections to the draft Joint Readmission Committee recommendation may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the Joint Committee without further decision of the Council.
Done at Luxembourg, 11 April 2016.
For the Council
The President
M.H.P. VAN DAM
1. In accordance with paragraph 2 of Recommendation No 1, if time limits for the arrangement of interviews are not determined in the respective implementing protocols between the Russian Federation and the Member States of the European Union, the interview should take place within 10 calendar days from the date of receipt of the readmission application referred to in paragraph 1 of Recommendation No 1.

2. In the event that the interview has not been arranged within the time limits referred to in paragraph 1 of this recommendation, or in the event of non-delivery of the person for the interview, the requesting state and the requested state should undertake the necessary contact and arrangements in order to organise the interview without delay.

3. If during the time limit determined for the arrangement of the interview, the requesting state notifies the requested state about postponing the delivery of the person for the interview, the time limit referred to in paragraph 1 of this recommendation or, where applicable, the time limit provided for in the respective implementing protocol should be extended to the date mentioned in the notification.

4. Time limits for the arrangement of interviews, taking into account the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 3 of this recommendation, should not exceed 60 calendar days from the date of receipt of the readmission application unless the particular circumstances of the case justify the arrangement of the interview after that time.

For the Russian Federation
For the European Union