Procedures Regulation – Page 16 – EU Migration Pact information

Procedures Regulation:
Article 15 – Right to legal counselling and legal assistance and representation

1. Applicants shall have the right to consult, in an effective manner, a legal adviser or other counsellor on matters relating to their applications at all stages of the procedure. 2. Without prejudice to the applicant’s right to choose his or her own legal adviser or other counsellor at his or her own cost, an […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 31 – Applications on behalf of adults requiring assistance to exercise legal capacity

1. In the case of an adult requiring assistance to exercise legal capacity in accordance with national law (the ‘dependent adult’), an adult responsible for him or her whether by law or by practice of the Member State concerned may make and lodge an application on the behalf of the dependent adult. 2. The dependent […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 47 – The adequate capacity of a Member State

1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, calculate the number that corresponds to the adequate capacity of each Member State by using the formula laid down in paragraph 4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the Commission shall also, by means of implementing acts, set the maximum number of applications a Member State is […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 63 – Suspension and removal of the designation of a third country as a safe third country or as a safe country of origin at Union level

1. In the event of significant changes in the situation of a third country which is designated as a safe third country or as a safe country of origin at Union level, the Commission shall conduct a substantiated assessment of the fulfilment by that third country of the conditions set out in Article 59 or […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 79 – Entry into force and application

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 2. This Regulation shall apply from 12 June 2026. However, Article 59(2), Article 61(2) and Article 61(5), point (b) of this Regulation shall apply from 27 February 2026 as regards the […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 12

The Asylum Agency should provide Member States with the necessary operational and technical assistance in the application of this Regulation, in particular by providing experts to assist national authorities to receive and register applications for international protection and to assist the determining authority in the performance of its tasks including as regards the examination of […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 28

An application should be registered promptly after it is made. At that stage, the competent authorities responsible for registering applications or experts deployed by the Asylum Agency assisting them with that task should register the application together with the personal details of the applicant. Those authorities or experts should inform the applicant of his or […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 44

In order to shorten the overall duration of the procedure in certain cases, Member States should have the flexibility, in accordance with their national needs, to prioritise the examination of any application by examining it before other, previously made applications. The prioritisation of examination of applications should be done without derogating from normally applicable procedures, […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 60

Member States should assess applications in a border procedure where the applicant is a danger to national security or public order, where the applicant, after having been provided with the full opportunity to show good cause, is considered to have intentionally misled the authorities by presenting false information or documents or by withholding relevant information […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 76

Where an applicant does not comply with certain obligations arising from this Regulation, or , the application should not be further examined and it should in principle be rejected or declared as implicitly withdrawn, and any new application in the Member States by the same applicant after that decision should be considered to be a […]