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Council Directive 2005/85/EC (repealed)Show full title

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of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Purpose

    2. Article 2.Definitions

    3. Article 3.Scope

    4. Article 4.Responsible authorities

    5. Article 5.More favourable provisions

  3. CHAPTER II BASIC PRINCIPLES AND GUARANTEES

    1. Article 6.Access to the procedure

    2. Article 7.Right to remain in the Member State pending the examination of the application

    3. Article 8.Requirements for the examination of applications

    4. Article 9.Requirements for a decision by the determining authority

    5. Article 10.Guarantees for applicants for asylum

    6. Article 11.Obligations of the applicants for asylum

    7. Article 12.Personal interview

    8. Article 13.Requirements for a personal interview

    9. Article 14.Status of the report of a personal interview in the procedure

    10. Article 15.Right to legal assistance and representation

    11. Article 16.Scope of legal assistance and representation

    12. Article 17.Guarantees for unaccompanied minors

    13. Article 18.Detention

    14. Article 19.Procedure in case of withdrawal of the application

    15. Article 20.Procedure in the case of implicit withdrawal or abandonment of the application

    16. Article 21.The role of UNHCR

    17. Article 22.Collection of information on individual cases

  4. CHAPTER III PROCEDURES AT FIRST INSTANCE

    1. SECTION I

      1. Article 23.Examination procedure

      2. Article 24.Specific procedures

    2. SECTION II

      1. Article 25.Inadmissible applications

      2. Article 26.The concept of first country of asylum

      3. Article 27.The safe third country concept

    3. SECTION III

      1. Article 28.Unfounded applications

      2. Article 29.Minimum common list of third countries regarded as safe countries of origin

      3. Article 30.National designation of third countries as safe countries of origin

      4. Article 31.The safe country of origin concept

    4. SECTION IV

      1. Article 32.Subsequent application

      2. Article 33.Failure to appear

      3. Article 34.Procedural rules

    5. SECTION V

      1. Article 35.Border procedures

    6. SECTION VI

      1. Article 36.The European safe third countries concept

  5. CHAPTER IV PROCEDURES FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF REFUGEE STATUS

    1. Article 37.Withdrawal of refugee status

    2. Article 38.Procedural rules

  6. CHAPTER V APPEALS PROCEDURES

    1. Article 39.The right to an effective remedy

  7. CHAPTER VI GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 40.Challenge by public authorities

    2. Article 41.Confidentiality

    3. Article 42.Report

    4. Article 43.Transposition

    5. Article 44.Transition

    6. Article 45.Entry into force

    7. Article 46.Addressees

  8. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      Definition of ‘determining authority’

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    2. ANNEX II

      Designation of safe countries of origin for the purposes of Articles 29 and 30(1)

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      3. . . . . . . . . . ....

    3. ANNEX III

      Definition of ‘applicant’ or ‘applicant for asylum’

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. . . . . . . . . . ....

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