EC laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers - Main contents

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dossier	COM(2007)745 - Application of Directive 2003/9/EC laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers.
document	COM(2007)745
date	November 26, 2007

Annex 1 to the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council, November 2004.

[4] EMN "Reception Systems, their Capacities and the Social Situation of Asylum Applicants within the Reception System in the EU Member States", May 2006 - study contracted to the Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe "Odysseus".

[5] Case against Austria, where Austria was found guilty of failing to fulfil its Treaty obligations.

[6] Cases against Greece and Germany

[7] Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004, on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third-country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted (OJ L 304, 30.9.2004),.

[8] Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national, OJ L 50, 25.2.2003, p. 1.

[9] The situation of Spain, Greece and Portugal is not clear.

[10] Council Decision of 2 December 2004 establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2005 to 2005, OJ L381 of 28.12.2004, p. 52.

[11] Opinions of the Lords of Appeal for Judgment in the Cause Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department of 3 November 2005, [2005] UKHL 66.