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Under the Crisis and Force Majeure Regulation, in exceptional situations of mass influx or instrumentalisation, derogations from standard timelines and procedures are allowed.
When confronted with a situation of crisis or force majeure, it should be possible for the Member State concerned to extend the examination of applications for international protection at the border by six weeks. The extension should not be used in addition to the period referred to in Article 51(2), third subparagraph, of .
In a situation of crisis, where a Member State applies a derogation as referred to in Articles 10 to 13, it shall duly inform third-country nationals or stateless persons in a language which they understand or are reasonably supposed to understand about the measures applied, the location of the registration points, including the border crossing […]
A mechanism should be set out for the Member States identified in the Decision as being under migratory pressure or those that consider themselves to be under migratory pressure, to make use of the Annual Solidarity Pool. The Member States that have been identified in the Decision as being under pressure should be able to […]
In situations of crisis, characterised by mass arrivals of third-country nationals and stateless persons, or of force majeure, it could be necessary to allow a Member State not to apply the border procedure in respect of persons who come from third countries where the Union-wide average recognition rate is below 20 %. In order to […]
In Article 31(1) of , the following point is added: ‘(ba) a situation of crisis within the meaning of Article 1(4), point (a), of of the European Parliament and of the Council (*). (*) Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 addressing situations of crisis and force […]
Notwithstanding the putting in place of the necessary preventive measures, it cannot be excluded that a situation of crisis or force majeure in the field of migration and asylum arises due to circumstances beyond the control of the Union and its Member States. Such exceptional situations can include the mass arrivals of third-country nationals and […]
In a situation of crisis characterised by mass arrivals of third-country nationals and stateless persons applying for international protection, it could be necessary to allow a Member State to lower the threshold for the mandatory application of the border procedure provided for in Article 42(1), point (j), of . In any event, the reduced threshold […]
The return border procedure should facilitate, in a situation of crisis as defined in of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), the return of irregularly staying third-country nationals or stateless persons whose application has been rejected in the context of a crisis in the asylum border procedure, who have no right to remain […]
This Regulation intends to enhance the preparedness and resilience of the Union to manage situations of crisis and to facilitate operational coordination, capacity support and the availability of funding in situations of crisis.
In a situation of crisis characterised by mass arrivals of third-country nationals and stateless persons applying for international protection, it could be necessary to broaden the scope of the application of the border procedure, established by Article 43 of and to allow a Member State to take a decision in the framework of a border […]
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