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Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) A common policy on asylum~~, including a Common European Asylum System~~ which is based on the full and inclusive application of the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967 (Geneva Convention), is a constituent part of the European Union’s objective of establishing progressively an area of freedom, security and justice open to those who, forced by circumstances, legitimately seek protection in the Union. ~~Such a policy should be governed by the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including its financial implications, between the Member States.~~

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

Udo VOIGT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) For a well-functioning Common European Asylum System, substantial progress should be made regarding the convergence of national asylum systems. The current disparate asylum procedures in all Member States should be replaced with a common procedure for granting and withdrawing international protection applicable across all Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council (Qualification Regulation)25 ensuring the timeliness and effectiveness of the procedure. Applications made by the third-country nationals ~~and stateless persons~~ for the international protection should be examined in a procedure, which is governed by the same rules, regardless of the Member State where the application is lodged, to ensure equity in the treatment of applications for international protection, clarity and legal certainty for the individual applicant. _________________ 25OJ L […], […], p. […]. 25 OJ L […], […], p. […].

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

Udo VOIGT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46

(46) The fact that a third country is on the EU common list of safe countries of origin cannot establish an absolute guarantee of safety for nationals of that country and therefore does not dispense with the need to conduct an appropriate individual examination of the application for international protection. By its very nature, the assessment underlying the designation can only take into account the general, civil, legal and political circumstances in that country and whether actors of persecution, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are subject to sanction in practice when found liable in that country. For this reason, where an applicant shows that there are serious reasons to consider the country not to be safe in his or her particular circumstances, the designation of the country as safe can no longer be considered relevant for him or her.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

Udo VOIGT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52

(52) The Commission, with the assistance of the European Union Agency for Asylum, should regularly review the situation in third countries that have been removed from the EU common list of safe countries of origin or safe third countries, including where a Member State notifies the Commission that it considers, based on a substantiated assessment, that, following changes in the situation of that third country, it fulfils again the conditions set out in this Regulation for being designated as safe. In such a case, Member States could only designate that third country as a safe country of origin or a safe third country at the national level as long as the Commission does not raise objections to that designation. Where the Commission considers that these conditions are fulfilled, it may propose an amendment to the designation of safe third countries at Union level or to the EU common list of safe countries of origin so as to add the third country.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

Udo VOIGT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) 'application for international protection' or 'application' means a request made by a third-country national ~~or a stateless person for protection from a Member State~~, who can be understood as seeking refugee status or subsidiary protection status;

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

Udo VOIGT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) '‘applicant'’ means a third-country national ~~or a stateless person~~ who has made an application for international protection in respect of which a final decision has not yet been ~~made~~taken;

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

Udo VOIGT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. The authorities applying this Regulation shall safeguard the confidentiality of any information they obtain in the course of their work. In order to combat attempted terrorism, however, all applicants shall be listed in a central online database, which shall include the applicant's photograph, full name and last place of residence in the third country.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

7 Amendments of Udo VOIGT related to 2016/0224(COD)

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