Press Release: Achieving common EU standards on reception of asylum seekers: Report on transposition and implementation of the Reception Conditions Directive

The European Commission has issued today its report evaluating the implementation by Member States of the Directive laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers (Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003). - often referred to as the Reception Conditions Directive. The results of the evaluation report, along with the conclusions of the consultation on the Green Paper on the future Common European Asylum System, recently launched by Vice-President Franco Frattini, will, by 2010, form the basis of a more harmonised legislative framework relating to reception conditions. This is in line with the objectives of the Hague Programme.

European Commission: MEMO/07/510: Evaluation of the implementation of Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003: laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/510&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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