Council Directive 2005/85/EC
of 1 December 2005
on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (repealed)

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Repealed by Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection.

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 Purpose
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Article 2 Definitions
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Article 3 Scope
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Article 4 Responsible authorities
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Article 5 More favourable provisions
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CHAPTER II BASIC PRINCIPLES AND GUARANTEES

Article 6 Access to the procedure
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Article 7 Right to remain in the Member State pending the examination of the application
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Article 8 Requirements for the examination of applications
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Article 9 Requirements for a decision by the determining authority
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Article 10 Guarantees for applicants for asylum
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Article 11 Obligations of the applicants for asylum
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Article 12 Personal interview
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Article 13 Requirements for a personal interview
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Article 14 Status of the report of a personal interview in the procedure
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Article 15 Right to legal assistance and representation
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Article 16 Scope of legal assistance and representation
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Article 17 Guarantees for unaccompanied minors
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Article 18 Detention
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Article 19 Procedure in case of withdrawal of the application
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Article 20 Procedure in the case of implicit withdrawal or abandonment of the application
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Article 21 The role of UNHCR
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Article 22 Collection of information on individual cases
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CHAPTER III PROCEDURES AT FIRST INSTANCE
SECTION I

Article 23 Examination procedure
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Article 24 Specific procedures
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SECTION II

Article 25 Inadmissible applications
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Article 26 The concept of first country of asylum
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Article 27 The safe third country concept
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SECTION III

Article 28 Unfounded applications
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Article 29 Minimum common list of third countries regarded as safe countries of origin
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Article 30 National designation of third countries as safe countries of origin
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Article 31 The safe country of origin concept
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SECTION IV

Article 32 Subsequent application
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Article 33 Failure to appear
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Article 34 Procedural rules
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SECTION V

Article 35 Border procedures
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SECTION VI

Article 36 The European safe third countries concept
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CHAPTER IV PROCEDURES FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF REFUGEE STATUS

Article 37 Withdrawal of refugee status
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Article 38 Procedural rules
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CHAPTER V APPEALS PROCEDURES

Article 39 The right to an effective remedy
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CHAPTER VI GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 40 Challenge by public authorities
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Article 41 Confidentiality
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Article 42 Report
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Article 43 Transposition
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Article 44 Transition
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Article 45 Entry into force
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Article 46 Addressees
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ANNEX I Definition of ‘determining authority’
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ANNEX II Designation of safe countries of origin for the purposes of Articles 29 and 30(1)
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ANNEX III Definition of ‘applicant’ or ‘applicant for asylum’
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