THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 78(2), point (d), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee1,
Having regard to the opinions of the Committee of the Regions2,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure3,
Whereas:
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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
CHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 4 – Competent authorities
Article 5 – Assistance to competent authorities
Article 6 – The role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Article 7 – Confidentiality principle
CHAPTER II — BASIC PRINCIPLES AND GUARANTEES
SECTION I: Rights and obligations of applicants
Article 8 – General guarantees for applicants
Article 9 – Obligations of applicants
Article 10 – Right to remain during the administrative procedure
SECTION II: Personal interviews
Article 11 – Admissibility interview
Article 12 – Substantive interview
Article 13 – Requirements for personal interviews
Article 14 – Report and recording of personal interviews
SECTION III: Provision of legal counselling and legal assistance and representation
Article 15 – Right to legal counselling and legal assistance and representation
Article 16 – Free legal counselling in the administrative procedure
Article 17 – Free legal assistance and representation in the appeal procedure
Article 18 – Scope of legal counselling and legal assistance and representation
Article 19 – Conditions for the provision of free legal counselling, assistance and representation
SECTION IV: Special guarantees
Article 20 – Assessment of the need for special procedural guarantees
Article 21 – Applicants in need of special procedural guarantees
Article 22 – Guarantees for minors
Article 23 – Special guarantees for unaccompanied minors
SECTION V: Medical examination and age assessment
Article 24 – Medical examination
Article 25 – Age assessment of minors
CHAPTER III — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
SECTION I: Access to the Procedure
Article 26 – Making an application for international protection
Article 27 – Registering applications for international protection
Article 28 – Lodging an application for international protection
Article 29 – Documents provided to the applicant
Article 30 – Access to the procedure in detention facilities and at border crossing points
Article 31 – Applications on behalf of adults requiring assistance to exercise legal capacity
Article 32 – Applications on behalf of accompanied minors
Article 33 – Applications of unaccompanied minors
SECTION II: Examination Procedure
Article 34 – Examination of applications
Article 35 – Duration of the examination procedure
SECTION III: Decisions on applications
Article 36 – Decisions on applications
Article 37 – Rejection of an application and issuance of a return decision
Article 38 – Decision on the admissibility of the application
Article 39 – Decision on the merits of an application
Article 40 – Explicit withdrawal of applications
Article 41 – Implicit withdrawal of applications
SECTION IV: Special Procedures
Article 42 – Accelerated examination procedure
Article 43 – Conditions for applying the asylum border procedure
Article 44 – Decisions in the framework of the asylum border procedure
Article 45 – Mandatory application of the asylum border procedure
Article 46 – The adequate capacity at Union level
Article 47 – The adequate capacity of a Member State
Article 48 – Measure applicable where the adequate capacity of a Member State is reached
Article 49 – Notification by a Member State where the adequate capacity is reached
Article 52 – Determination of Member State responsible and relocation
Article 53 – Exceptions to the asylum border procedure
Article 54 – Locations for carrying out the asylum border procedure
Article 55 – Subsequent applications
Article 56 – Exception from the right to remain in subsequent applications
SECTION V: Safe country concepts
Article 57 – The notion of effective protection
Article 58 – The concept of first country of asylum
Article 59 – The concept of safe third country
Article 60 – Designation of safe third countries at Union level
Article 61 – The concept of safe country of origin
Article 62 – Designation of safe countries of origin at Union level
CHAPTER IV — PROCEDURES FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Article 65 – Withdrawal of international protection
Article 66 – Procedural rules for withdrawal of international protection
CHAPTER V — APPEAL PROCEDURE
Article 67 – The right to an effective remedy
Article 68 – Suspensive effect of appeal
Article 69 – Duration of the first level of appeal
CHAPTER VI — FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 70 – Challenge by public authorities
Article 73 – Calculation of time limits
Article 74 – Exercise of the delegation
Article 75 – Transitional measures
Article 76 – Financial support
Article 77 – Monitoring and evaluation
Article 79 – Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.
Done at Brussels, 14 May 2024.
- OJ C 75, 10.3.2017, p. 97 and OJ C 155, 30.4.2021, p. 64. ↩︎
- OJ C 207, 30.6.2017, p. 67 and OJ C 175, 7.5.2021, p. 32. ↩︎
- Position of the European Parliament of 10 April 2024 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 14 May 2024. ↩︎