# Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (repealed) EU Directive 2005/85 · adopted 1 December 2005 Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (repealed) ## Introductory text Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Responsible authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 More favourable provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND GUARANTEES ## 6 Access to the procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Right to remain in the Member State pending the examination of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Requirements for the examination of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Requirements for a decision by the determining authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Guarantees for applicants for asylum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Obligations of the applicants for asylum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Personal interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Requirements for a personal interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Status of the report of a personal interview in the procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Right to legal assistance and representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Scope of legal assistance and representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Guarantees for unaccompanied minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Detention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Procedure in case of withdrawal of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Procedure in the case of implicit withdrawal or abandonment of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 The role of UNHCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Collection of information on individual cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: PROCEDURES AT FIRST INSTANCE ## 23 Examination procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Specific procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Inadmissible applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 The concept of first country of asylum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 The safe third country concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Unfounded applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Minimum common list of third countries regarded as safe countries of origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 National designation of third countries as safe countries of origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 The safe country of origin concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Subsequent application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Failure to appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Procedural rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Border procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 The European safe third countries concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: PROCEDURES FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF REFUGEE STATUS ## 37 Withdrawal of refugee status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Procedural rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: APPEALS PROCEDURES ## 39 The right to an effective remedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 40 Challenge by public authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Transposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I Definition of ‘determining authority’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Designation of safe countries of origin for the purposes of Articles 29 and 30(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III Definition of ‘applicant’ or ‘applicant for asylum’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/85 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-85 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.