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Procedures Regulation:
Article 8 – General guarantees for applicants

1. During the administrative procedure referred to in Chapter III applicants shall enjoy the guarantees set out in paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article. 2. The determining authority or, where applicable, other competent authorities or organisations tasked by Member States for that purpose shall inform applicants, in a language which they understand or are […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 24 – Medical examination

1. Where the determining authority deems it relevant for the examination of an application for international protection, it shall, subject to the applicant’s consent, request a medical examination of the applicant concerning signs and symptoms that might indicate past persecution or serious harm and be informed of results thereof. 2. In the case of a […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 40 – Explicit withdrawal of applications

1. An applicant may, of his or her own motion and at any time during the procedure, withdraw his or her application. The application shall be withdrawn in writing by the applicant in person or delivered by his or her legal adviser legally representing the applicant in accordance with national law. 2. The competent authorities […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 56 – Exception from the right to remain in subsequent applications

Without prejudice to the principle of non-refoulement, Member States may provide for an exception to the right to remain on their territory and derogate from Article 68(5), point (d), where: (a) a first subsequent application has been lodged, merely in order to delay or frustrate the enforcement of a decision which would result in the […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 72 – Data storage

1. Member States shall store the data referred to in Articles 14, 27 and 28 for ten years from the date of a final decision on the application for international protection. The data shall be erased upon expiry of that period or where they are related to a person who has acquired citizenship of any […]

Reception Directive:
Article 8 – Allocation of applicants to a geographical area

1. Member States may allocate applicants to a geographical area within their territory in which they are able to move freely, for the duration of the procedure for international protection in accordance with . 2. Member States may allocate applicants to a geographical area within their territory pursuant to paragraph 1 only for the purpose […]

Reception Directive:
Article 24 – Applicants with special reception needs

Member States shall take into account the specific situation of applicants with special reception needs. Member States shall take into consideration the fact that certain applicants such as those falling within any of the following categories, are more likely to have special reception needs: (a) minors; (b) unaccompanied minors; (c) persons with disabilities; (d) elderly […]

Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Regulation:
Article 2 – Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply: (1) ‘resettlement’ means the admission to the territory of a Member State, following a referral from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), of a third-country national or a stateless person, from a third country to which that person has been displaced, who: (a) […]

Return Border Procedure Regulation:
Article 2 – References to Regulation (EU) 2024/1348

For those Member States not bound by , references in this Regulation to provisions in shall be understood as references to equivalent provisions which they might have introduced in their national law.

Screening Regulation:
Article 4 – Relation with other legal instruments

1. For third-country nationals subject to the screening who have made an application for international protection: (a) the registration of the application for international protection made in accordance with shall be determined by Article 27 of that Regulation; and (b) the application of the common standards for the reception of applicants for international protection of […]