# Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast), Article 36: The concept of safe country of origin

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. A third country designated as a safe country of origin in accordance with this Directive may, after an individual examination of the application, be considered as a safe country of origin for a particular applicant only if:
(a) he or she has the nationality of that country; or
(b) he or she is a stateless person and was formerly habitually resident in that country,
and he or she has not submitted any serious grounds for considering the country not to be a safe country of origin in his or her particular circumstances and in terms of his or her qualification as a beneficiary of international protection in accordance with Directive 2011/95/EU.
2. Member States shall lay down in national legislation further rules and modalities for the application of the safe country of origin concept.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/32/article/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-32/article-36
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