Safe Country of Origin – Page 2 – EU Migration Pact information

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 83

The Commission should continuously review the situation in that third country taking into account inter alia information provided by the Member States and the Asylum Agency regarding subsequent changes in the situation of that third country. Moreover, in this case, the Commission should propose an amendment in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure to remove […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 84

When the period of validity of the delegated act and its extensions expires, without a new delegated act being adopted, the designation of the third country as safe third country or safe country of origin at Union level should no longer be suspended. This should be without prejudice to any proposed amendment for the removal […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 85

The Commission, with the assistance of the Asylum Agency, should review the situation in third countries that have been removed from the designation as safe countries of origin or safe third countries at Union level, including where a Member State notifies the Commission that it considers, on the basis of a substantiated assessment, that, following […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 42 – Accelerated examination procedure

1. Without prejudice to Article 21(2), the determining authority shall, in accordance with the basic principles and guarantees provided for in Chapter II, accelerate the examination on the merits of an application for international protection where: (a) the applicant, in lodging his or her application and presenting the facts, has only raised issues that are […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 44 – Decisions in the framework of the asylum border procedure

1. Where a border procedure is applied, decisions may be taken on the following: (a) the inadmissibility of an application in accordance with Article 38; (b) the merits of an application where any of the circumstances referred to in Article 42(1), points (a) to (g) and (j), and Article 42(3), point (b), apply. 2. Where […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 57 – The notion of effective protection

1. A third country that has ratified and respects the Geneva Convention within the limits of the derogations or limitations made by that third country, as permitted under that Convention, shall be considered to ensure effective protection. In the case of geographical limitations made by the third country, the existence of protection for persons who […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 61 – The concept of safe country of origin

1. Third countries may only be designated as safe countries of origin in accordance with this Regulation where, on the basis of the legal situation, the application of the law within a democratic system and the general political circumstances, it can be shown that there is no persecution as defined in Article 9 of and […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 62 – Designation of safe countries of origin at Union level

1. Third countries may be designated as safe countries of origin at Union level in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 61 and this Article. 1a. The third countries listed in Annex II to this Regulation are designated as safe countries of origin at Union level. 1b. A third country that has been […]