COM(2009)551 - Minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protection granted

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This Directive161 is drafted by the Directorate-General Justice and Consumers (JUST)162 of the European Commission and submitted to the Council of the European Union on October 21, 2009 and for codecision163 to the European Parliament.

Contents

  1. Key information
  2. Key dates
  3. Related information
  4. Resulting legislation
  5. Full version
  6. EU Monitor

1.

Key information

official title

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protection granted
 
Legal instrument Directive
Decision making procedure ordinary legislative procedure (COD)
reference by COM-number164 COM(2009)551 EN
Additional COM-numbers SEC(2009)1374; SEC(2009)1373; COM(2009)665
procedure number166 2009/0164(COD)
CELEX number167 52009PC0551

2.

Key dates

Document 21-10-2009
Online publication 28-10-2009
Decision 13-12-2011; Richtlijn 2011/95
Publication in Official Journal168 20-12-2011; OJ L 337, 20.12.2011,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 19 Volume 013

3.

Related information

4.

Resulting legislation

 

5.

Full version

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    This legally binding act of the European Union establishes a set of objectives which all member states of the European Union must fulfil. The member states are required to implement directives. The member states are free to choose the manner they see fit to fulfil the required objectives.
     
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    This Directorate-General develops and monitors the implementation of policies that aim to ensure that the whole of the European Union is an area of freedom and security without internal borders.
     
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    This procedure is the standard decision-making procedure used in the European Union, unless the treaties specifically state one of the special legislative procedures is to be applied to a particular subject. Before the Treaty of Lisbon came into force late 2009 it was referred to as the co-decision procedure. The essential characteristic of this procedure is that both the Council of Ministers as well as the European Parliament have a deciding vote in the legislative process, and both institutions may amend a proposal.
     
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    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
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    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
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    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
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    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.