Recast Qualification Directive 2011/95/EU

Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted [2009/551(COM); 2009/0164(COD); Date of transposition 21 December 2013]

Legal basis = in particular points (a) and (b) of Article 78(2) TFEU
1. The Union shall develop a common policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary  protection with a view to offering appropriate status to any third-country national requiring international protection and ensuring compliance with the principle of non-refoulement. This policy  must be in accordance with the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol of 31 January  1967 relating to the status of refugees, and other relevant treaties.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall adopt measures for a common European asylum system comprising:
(a) a uniform status of asylum for nationals of third countries, valid throughout the Union;
(b) a uniform status of subsidiary protection for nationals of third countries who, without obtaining
European asylum, are in need of international protection;
(...)

History
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Structure
Preamble      [53 paragraphs]
Chapter I      General provisions [artt 2-3]
Chapter II     Assessment of applications for international protection [artt 4-8]
Chapter III    Qualification for being a refugee [artt 9-12]
Chapter IV    Refugee status  [artt 13-14]
Chapter V     Qualification for subsidiary protection [artt 15-17]
Chapter VI    Subsidiary protection status [artt 18-19]
Chapter VII   Content of international protection [artt 20-35]
Chapter VIII  Administrative cooperation [artt 36-37]
Chapter IX     Final provisions [artt 38-41]

Transposition
32218 Subsidiariteitstoets ontwerprichtlijn minimumnormen asiel
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EU European Database of Asylum Law
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NL Afdeling Bestuursrechtspraak Raad van State
NL Rechtspraak.nl
UK BAILII
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