11 Amendments of Jeroen LENAERS related to 2016/0223(COD)
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Committing a political crime is not in principle a ground justifying exclusion from refugee status. However, in accordance with relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, particularly cruel actions, where the act in question is disproportionate to the alleged political objective, and terrorist acts which are characterised by their violence towards civilian populations, even if committed with a purportedly political objective, should be regarded as non-political crimes and therefore canshould give rise to exclusion from refugee status.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) With a view to ascertaining whether beneficiaries of international protection are still in need of that protection, determining authorities should review the granted status at the latest when the residence permit has to be renewed, for the first time in the case of refugees, and for the first and second time in the case of beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, as well as when a significant relevant change in the beneficiaries' country of origin occurs as indicated by common analysis and guidance on the situation in the country of origin provided at Union level by the Agency and the European networks on country of origin information in accordance with Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation37 . _________________ 37 COM(2016)271 final. COM(2016)271 final.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In order to discourage secondary movements within the European Union, the Long Term Residence Directive 2003/109/EC should be amended to provide that the 5-year period after which beneficiaries of international protection are eligible for the Long Term Resident status should be restarted each time the person is found in a Member State, other than the one that granted international protection, without a right to stay or to reside there in accordance with relevant Union or national law. Additionally, the 5-year period after which beneficiaries of international protection are eligible for the Long Term Resident status should be extended to 7 years.
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) In order to facilitate the integration of beneficiaries of international protection into society, beneficiaries of international protection shall have access to integration measures, modalities to be set by the Member States. Member States may make the participation in such integration measures, such as language courses, civic integration courses, vocational training and other employment-related courses compulsory. Continuous refusal to actively integrate may, as a measure of last resort, lead to the cessation of the eligibility for international protection.
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may decide that continuous refusal to actively integrate on the part of third country national or stateless person qualified as refugee may, as a measure of last resort, lead to the cessation of the eligibility for international protection.
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Decisions of the determining authority revoking, ending or refusing to renew refugee status pursuant to point (a) of paragraph 1 shall only take effect three monthsimmediately after the decision is adopted, in order. Member States may decide, in specific and well-argued cases, to provide the third- country national or stateless person with the opportunityan additional 3 months in order to apply for residence in the Member State on other grounds in accordance with relevant Union and national law.
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may decide that continuous refusal to actively integrate on the part of third country national or stateless person qualified for subsidiary protection may, as a measure of last resort, lead to the cessation of the eligibility for international protection.
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Decisions of the determining authority revoking, ending or refusing to renew subsidiary protection status pursuant to paragraph 1 (a) shall only take effect three monthsimmediately after the decision is taken, in orderadopted. Member States may decide, in specific and well-argued cases, to provide the third- country national or stateless person with the opportunityan additional 3 months in order to apply for residence in the Member State on other grounds in accordance with relevant Union and national law.
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) For beneficiaries of refugee status and for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection status, the residence permit shall have a period of validity of three years and be renewable thereafter for periods of threfive years.
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3