Legal provisions of COM(2025)186 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level

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dossier COM(2025)186 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level.
document COM(2025)186 EN
date April 16, 2025

Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 is amended as follows:

(1) Article 62, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

(a)    paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. The countries that have been granted the status of candidate states for accession to the Union are designated as safe countries of origin at Union level, unless one of more of the following circumstances apply:

(a)there is a serious and individual threat to a civilian’s life or person by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict in the country;

(b)restrictive measures within the meaning of Title IV of Part Five of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union have been adopted in view of the country’s actions;

(c)the proportion of decisions by the determining authority granting international protection to the applicants from the country - either its nationals or former habitual residents in case of stateless persons – is higher than 20% according to the latest available yearly Union-wide average Eurostat data.’;

(b)    the following paragraph 1a is inserted:

‘1a. The third countries listed in Annex II shall be designated as safe countries of origin at Union level’;

(2) Article 79 is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 2 the following subparagraph is added:

‘However, Article 59(2), Article 61(2) and Article 61(5) point (b) shall apply from the day of entry into force of Regulation (EU) …/…[amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348] as regards the application of the concept of ‘safe third country’ in accordance with Articles 36 and 37 Directive 2013/32/EU and that of ‘safe country of origin’ in accordance with Article 38 of Directive 2013/32/EU.’;

(b)in paragraph 3 the following subparagraph is added:

‘Member States may apply Article 42(1), point (j) and Article 42(3), point (e), as grounds for the accelerated examination procedure in accordance with Article 31(8) of Directive 2013/32/EU or for the procedure conducted at the border or in transit zones in accordance with Article 43 of Directive 2013/32/EU before 12 June 2026.’;

(3) the text in the Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.