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Special conditions or guarantees needed by an applicant in order to benefit from the rights and comply with the obligations provided for in the Reception Conditions Directive. [defined in Article 2 of the Reception Directive]
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘application for international protection’ or ‘application’ means a request for protection from a Member State made by a third-country national or a stateless person who can be understood to be seeking refugee status or subsidiary protection status; (2) ‘applicant’ means a third-country national or […]
1. The screening authorities shall, with regard to the persons referred to in Articles 5 and 7, complete a form containing the following: (a) name, date and place of birth and gender; (b) indication of nationalities or statelessness, countries of residence prior to arrival and languages spoken; (c) the reason for which the screening was […]
1. The information referred to in Article 19 shall be provided in writing in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language and in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand. Member States shall use the common information material drawn up pursuant to paragraph 2 […]
1. Member States shall provide applicants with information relating to the reception conditions set out in this Directive, including information specific to their reception systems, as soon as possible and in good time in order to effectively enable applicants to benefit from the rights and comply with the obligations provided for in this Directive. Member […]
This Regulation respects the fundamental rights of third-country nationals and stateless persons and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’), in particular the respect and protection of human dignity, prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, respect for private and family life, the […]
1. Where necessary, Member States may decide that an applicant is allowed to reside only in a specific place that is adapted for housing applicants, for reasons of public order or to effectively prevent the applicant from absconding, where there is a risk of absconding, in particular with regard to: (a) applicants who are required […]
This Regulation does not provide for derogations from the rules and guarantees, including those related to material reception conditions, under . A Member State in a situation of crisis should provide for additional and sufficient human and material resources to be able to meet its obligations under that Directive.
1. An applicant shall be detained only for as short a period as possible and shall be kept in detention only for as long as the grounds set out in Article 10(4) are applicable. Administrative procedures relevant to the grounds for detention set out in Article 10(4) shall be executed with due diligence. Delays in […]
Vulnerable persons should be given primary consideration for relocation, in particular when they have special reception needs within the meaning of Article 24 of , or are in need of special procedural guarantees as referred to in Articles 20 to 23 of . According to Article 24 of , applicants falling within any of the […]
1. The health, including the mental health, of applicants in detention who have special reception needs shall be of primary concern to national authorities. Where the detention of applicants with special reception needs would put their physical and mental health at serious risk, those applicants shall not be detained. Where applicants with special reception needs […]
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