EU: Asylum Procedures Regulation: Documentation
06 March 2018
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EU
Asylum Procedures
Regulation: Documentation
6.3.18
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The new Asylum Procedures Regulation is now being discussed by the co-legislators - the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. To aid public discussions on the issues involved we publish here the key documents in historical order:
European Commission proposal: Proposal
for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
establishing a common procedure for international protection
in the Union and repealing Directive 2013/32/EU (COM
467-16, pdf)
Annex
1 to 467-16 (pdf): "EU common list of safe countries
of origin referred to in Article 48."
Annex
2 (467-16-ADD 1, pdf): Correlation Table.
Council:
12128-17
(LIMITE doc: 18.9.17, pdf):
"The document contains compromise
proposals suggested by the Presidency in relation to
Articles 1-18. Recitals are placed in square brackets, as they
will be discussed at a later stage.
Suggested modifications are indicated as follows:
- new text compared to the Commission proposal is in bold;
- deleted text is in strikethrough.
Comments made by delegations orally and in writing, as well as
explanations given by the
Commission and the Presidency appear in the footnotes of the
Annex.
Council:
Policy
debate on the safe third country concept (LIMITE doc:
12331-17, 25.9.17, pdf)
Council: 14098-17
(14098-17, Limite doc: 15.11.17, pdf):
"This document contains compromise
proposals suggested by the Presidency in relation to
Articles 44-50.
Suggested modifications are indicated as follows:
- new text compare to the Commission proposal is in bold;
- new text compared to the previous version is in bold underline;
- deleted text is in strikethrough."
Council:
5296-18
(LIMITE doc, 16.1.18, 156 pages, pdf) Contains 300 Footnotes
with Member State positions.
Council:
6238-18
(LIMITE doc, 19.2.18, pdf) Covers Safe Country Concepts and Procedures
for the withdrawal of International Protection. Extensive Member
State positions in 99 Footnotes.
The European Parliament has not adopted its position yet and
the vote has been postponed regularly for the past few months.
For the moment it's scheduled for the 20th of March
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