{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1601/article-6",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/1601",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 of 22 September 2015 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1601",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Rights and obligations of applicants for international protection covered by this Decision",
  "text": "1. The best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration for Member States when implementing this Decision.\n2. Member States shall ensure that family members who fall within the scope of this Decision are relocated to the territory of the same Member State.\n3. Prior to the decision to relocate an applicant, Italy and Greece shall inform the applicant in a language which the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand of the relocation procedure as set out in this Decision.\n4. When the decision to relocate an applicant has been taken and before the actual relocation, Italy and Greece shall notify the person concerned of the decision to relocate him in writing. That decision shall specify the Member State of relocation.\n5. An applicant or beneficiary of international protection who enters the territory of a Member State other than the Member State of relocation without fulfilling the conditions for stay in that other Member State shall be required to return immediately. The Member State of relocation shall take back the person without delay.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1601/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:13.229339+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}