# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1560/2003 of 2 September 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national (revoked) EU Regulation No 1560/2003 · adopted 2 September 2003 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1560/2003 of 2 September 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 1560/2003 of 2 September 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: PROCEDURES ### Chapter I: PREPARATION OF REQUESTS ## 1 Preparation of requests for taking charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Preparation of requests for taking back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: REACTION TO REQUESTS ## 3 Processing requests for taking charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Processing of requests for taking back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Negative reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Positive reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: TRANSFERS ## 7 Practical arrangements for transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Cooperation on transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Postponed and delayed transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Transfer following an acceptance by default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: HUMANITARIAN CLAUSE ## 11 Situations of dependency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Unaccompanied minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Conciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: COMMON PROVISIONS ## 15 Transmission of requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15a Uniform conditions and practical arrangements for exchanging health data before a transfer is carried out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Language of communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16a Information leaflets for applicants for international protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Consent of the persons concerned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ‘DUBLINET’ NETWORK ### Chapter I: TECHNICAL STANDARDS ## 18 Establishment of ‘DubliNet’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 National Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: RULES FOR USE ## 20 Reference number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Continuous operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 22 Laissez-passer produced for the purposes of the Dublin Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: (References are to articles of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013) ## LIST A MEANS OF PROOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I Process of determining the State responsible for examining an application for international protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Presence of a family member, relative or relation (father, mother, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, grandparent, adult responsible for a child, guardian) of an applicant who is an unaccompanied minor (Article 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Legal residence in a Member State of a family member recognised as beneficiary of international protection (Article 9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Presence of a family member applying for international protection whose application has not yet been the subject of a first decision regarding the substance in a Member State (Article 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Valid residence documents (Article 12(1) and (3) or residence documents which expired less than 2 years previously [and date of entry into force] (Article 12(4)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Valid visas (Article 12(2) and (3)) and visas which expired less than 6 months previously [and date of entry into force] (Article 12(4)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Legal entry into the territory at an external frontier (Article 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Illegal entry at an external frontier (Article 13(1)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Residence in a Member State for at least five months (Article 13(2)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Departure from the territory of the Member States (Article 19(2)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Obligation on the Member State responsible for examining the application to re-admit or take back the applicant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Process of determining the Member State responsible is under way in the Member State where the application was lodged (Article 20(5)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Application is under examination or was lodged previously (Article 18(1)(b)(c) and (d)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Departure from the territory of the Member States (Articles 20(5) and 19(2)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Expulsion from the territory of the Member States (Article 19(3)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Probative evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## A INFORMATION ABOUT THE DUBLIN REGULATION FOR APPLICANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION (EU) No 604/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B THE DUBLIN PROCEDURE — INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOUND IN A DUBLIN PROCEDURE, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION (EU) No 604/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XI INFORMATION FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN WHO ARE APPLYING FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION (EU) No 604/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## YOUR AGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## → . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## → . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## → . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## DETENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XII INFORMATION FOR THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS OR STATELESS PERSONS APPREHENDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE IRREGULAR CROSSING OF AN EXTERNAL BORDER, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 29(3) OF REGULATION (EU) No 603/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIII INFORMATION FOR THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS OR STATELESS PERSONS FOUND ILLEGALLY STAYING IN A MEMBER STATE, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 29(3) OF REGULATION (EU) No 603/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1560 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1560 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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