Press Release: The Commission regrets delay in transposition of European rules on procedures for granting asylum.

On 1 December 2007, the deadline for transposition of the Asylum Procedures Directive (Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005, on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status) expired. Until today, only 6 Member States (Bulgaria, Germany, Luxemburg, Austria, Romania and the United Kingdom) have communicated their national measures informing that they transpose fully the Directive. 4 Member States (Belgium, Estonia, France and Lithuania) have notified partial transposition.

European Commission: MEMO/07/538: Transposition of the Asylum Procedures Directive http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/538&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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