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class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>EU Asylum Legislation and Policy</h3> <p class="euaa-intro-text"><strong>The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) plays an integral role in helping EU Member States apply the package of EU laws that comprise the <a href="https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/common-european-asylum-system_en">Common European Asylum System</a> (CEAS). </strong></p> <p>The CEAS establishes the legally binding rules and procedures that Member States must follow to guarantee that the rights of applicants for international protection are fully respected in Europe, in accordance with the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto.</p> <p>On this page, you can learn more about the legal basis for the Agency’s work as well as consult the different laws that make up the EU’s legislation in the area of international 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Other key texts, including those governing the EU’s most important migration management processes, as well as the Geneva Convention itself, can also be consulted here.</p> <div class="euaa-panel euaa-panel--primary"> <h4>Legal Basis:</h4> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2303/oj">Regulation (EU) 2021/2303</a> establishing the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) and repealing the European Asylum Support Office.</p> </li> <li><a aria-label="Link Council Decision 2010/762/EU" href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2010/762" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2010/762">Council Decision 2010/762/EU</a> establishing the Seat of the Agency, in Valletta, Malta.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="euaa-accordion"> <div class="euaa-accordion-panel"> <div id="accordion-13947"><h3 class="accordion-title"><a id="1" href="#1">Common European Asylum System</a></h3> <div class="accordion-description"> <ul> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2001/55"><strong>Directive 2001/55/EC</strong></a> on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons</li> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/95"><strong>Directive 2011/95/EU</strong></a> on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection</li> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2013/32"><strong>Directive 2013/32/EU</strong></a> on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection</li> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2013/33"><strong>Directive 2013/33/EU</strong></a> laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection</li> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/603"><strong>Regulation EU No 603/2013</strong></a> establishing "Eurodac” for comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the "Dublin Regulation"</li> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/604"><strong>Regulation (EU) No 604/2013</strong></a> establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection [the Dublin Regulation]</li> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2014/118"><strong>Regulation (EU) No 118/2014</strong></a> laying down detailed rules for the application of the “Dublin Regulation”</li> </ul> <p> </p> <div class="euaa-message-box euaa-message-box--info"><span class="fontawesome-icon-inline"><i class="fas fa-info-circle"></i></span>The European Commission has proposed updates to these legal texts, with its <a aria-label="Link Pact on Migration and Asylum" href="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/promoting-our-european-way-life/new-pact-migration-and-asylum_en" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/promoting-our-european-way-life/new-pact-migration-and-asylum_en">Pact on Migration and Asylum</a>. Negotiations between lawmakers are ongoing, and this section will be updated as appropriate.</div> </div><h3 class="accordion-title"><a id="2" href="#2">EU Migration Legislation (Other)</a></h3> <div class="accordion-description"> <ul> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/86"><strong>Council Directive 2003/86/EC</strong></a> on the right to family reunification</li> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/109"><strong>Council Directive 2003/109/EC</strong></a> concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents</li> <li><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/115"><strong>Directive 2008/115/EC</strong></a> on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals </li> </ul> <p> </p> </div><h3 class="accordion-title"><a id="3" href="#3">International Conventions</a></h3> <div class="accordion-description"> <ul> <li><a 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