Rola Frontex w zarządzaniu przestrzenią wolności, bezpieczeństwa i sprawiedliwości UE
Rola Frontex w zarządzaniu przestrzenią wolności, bezpieczeństwa i sprawiedliwości UE

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is a horizontal and functional analysis of the positioning of the Frontex agency in the EU’s institutional architecture and its significance in the emerging supranational system of securing the EU’s borders. This article attempts to answer the question of whether Frontex is a new type of instrument for managing the EU’s area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ). The study applies qualitative methods, and the source of information was provided by an analysis of the content of the documents and the literature on the subject.The article presents the role and specific features of supranational agencies, the importance of Frontex and its positioning in the EU’s institutional structure, as well as the instruments created to achieve the agency’s objectives, i.e. Eurosur and IBM. The issue of national and supranational spheres overlapping with respect to the AFSJ is also discussed.The article argues that the assumption that the tools created at the supranational level to achieve Frontex’s objectives foster the process of communitarization of the EU’s external border management system should be confirmed. The conclusions also demonstrate that despite extending the competences to support border management at the supranational level, it is still the competence of member states, who consider the surveillance of land and sea borders to be the foremost security matter.

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