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An expedited procedure for the examination of the merits of an application for international protection where specific grounds apply, such as safe country of origin or security risk.
This Regulation ensures the effective application of the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility between Member States and the adaptation of the relevant rules on asylum procedure, including the application of the expedited procedure so that the Member States and the Union have the necessary legal tools at their disposal to react swiftly […]
Where, in accordance with , objective circumstances suggest that applications for international protection from groups of applicants from a specific country of origin or former habitual residence or a part of that country or on the basis of the criteria drawn from that Regulation could be well-founded, it is in the interest of both the […]
When applying a Commission recommendation on expedited procedure, there should be no interview on the merits, but if there are doubts whether the applicant belongs to the category or categories of persons identified in that recommendation or whether the exclusion grounds apply, such an interview might be needed. In all cases, the procedure should not […]
1. Where objective circumstances suggest that applications for international protection from groups of applicants from a specific country of origin or of former habitual residence, or from a part of such a country, or on the basis of the criteria set out in could be well-founded, the Commission may, after consultation with the High-Level EU […]
Applicants who are identified as being in need of special procedural guarantees should be provided with adequate support in order to create the conditions necessary for the genuine and effective access to procedures. Where it is not possible to provide adequate support in the framework of an accelerated examination procedure or of a border procedure, […]
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, […]
The examination of an application should be accelerated and completed within a maximum of three months in a limited number of cases including where an applicant comes from a safe country of origin or an applicant is making an application merely to delay or frustrate the enforcement of a removal decision, or where there are […]
In the interest of swift and fair procedures for all applicants, whilst also ensuring that the stay of applicants who do not qualify for international protection in the Union is not unduly prolonged, including those who are nationals of third countries exempt from the requirement to be in a possession of a visa pursuant to […]
Given that the purpose of the border procedure is, inter alia, to allow for the expeditious assessment of applications that are likely to be inadmissible or unfounded, with a view to enabling the swift return of those with no right to stay, that procedure should not be applied or should cease to apply where the […]
As long as an applicant can show good cause, the lack of documents on entry or the use of forged documents should not per se entail an automatic recourse to an accelerated examination procedure or a border procedure.
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