Glossary
The EMN Glossary – as one of the key products of the EMN - improves comparability by enabling a common understanding and use of terms and definitions relating to asylum and migration. The Glossary draws on a variety of sources, but primarily on the legislation of the EU asylum and immigration acquis, and makes terms available in the majority of EU Member State languages.
The online version is regularly updated and available in various languages.
- BG: Обща европейска система за убежище
- CZ: Společný evropský azylový systém
- DE: Gemeinsames Europäisches Asylsystem
- EE: ühtne Euroopa varjupaigasüsteem
- EN: Common European Asylum System
- ES: Sistema Europeo Común de Asilo
- FI: Euroopan yhteinen turvapaikkajärjestelmä
- FR: régime d’asile européen commun
- GA: Comhchóras Tearmainn Eorpach
- GR: Κοινό Ευρωπαϊκό Σύστημα Ασύλου
- HU: Közös Európai Menekültügyi Rendszer
- IT: Sistema europeo comune di asilo
- LT: bendra Europos prieglobsčio sistema
- LV: Kopējā Eiropas patvēruma sistēma
- MT: Sistema Ewropea Komuni għall-Ażil
- NL: Gemeenschappelijk Europees Asielstelsel
- NO: Det felles europeiske asylsystemet
- PL: Wspólny Europejski System Azylowy
- PT: Sistema Europeu Comum de Asilo
- RO: Sistemul European Comun de Azil
- SE: gemensamt europeiskt asylsystem
- SK: Spoločný európsky azylový systém
- SL: Skupni evropski azilni sistem
A framework of agreed rules which establish common procedures for international protection and a uniform status for those who are granted refugee status or subsidiary protection based on the full and inclusive application of the Geneva Refugee Convention and Protocol and which aims to ensure fair and humane treatment of applicants for international protection, to harmonise asylum systems in the EU and reduce the differences between Member States on the basis of binding legislation, as well as to strengthen practical cooperation between national asylum administrations and the external dimension of asylum.
(a) a uniform status of asylum for nationals of third countries, valid throughout the European Union;
(b) a uniform status of subsidiary protection for nationals of third countries who, without obtaining European asylum, are in need of international protection;
(c) a common system of temporary protection for displaced persons in the event of a massive inflow;
(d) common procedures for the granting and withdrawing of uniform asylum or subsidiary protection status;
(e) criteria and mechanisms for determining which Member State is responsible for considering an application for asylum or subsidiary protection;
(f) standards concerning the conditions for the reception of applicants for asylum or subsidiary protection;
(g) partnership and cooperation with third countries for the purpose of managing inflows of people applying for asylum or subsidiary or temporary protection.
- BG: минимални стандарти
- CZ: minimální normy
- DE: Minimumstandards
- EE: miinimumnõuded
- EN: minimum standards
- ES: normas mínimas
- FI: vähimmäisvaatimukset
- FR: normes minimales
- GA: íoschaighdeáin
- HU: minimumszabályok
- IT: norme minime
- LT: būtiniausi reikalavimai
- LV: minimālie standarti
- MT: Livelli standard minimi
- NL: minimumnormen
- NO: minimumsstandard
- PL: minimalne standardy
- RO: standarde minime
- SE: miniminormer
- SK: minimálne pravidlá / minimálne štandardy
- SL: minimalni standardi
In an asylum context, a number of principles in relation to procedures for international protection , to reception conditions , and to the refugee definition established by the Treaty of Amsterdam from which EU Member States cannot derogate.
In the Tampere Agreement, and then reaffirmed by the Hague Programme, EU Member States agreed to go beyond minimum standards and develop a Common European Asylum System (CEAS) based on a common asylum procedure and a uniform status for those who are granted international protection .
- BG: Договорът от Лисабон
- CZ: Lisabonská smlouva
- DE: Vertrag von Lissabon
- EN: Lisbon Treaty
- ES: Tratado de Lisboa
- FI: Lisbonin sopimus
- FR: Traité de Lisbonne
- GA: Conradh Liospóin
- GR: Η Συνθήκη της Λισαβόνας
- HU: Lisszaboni Szerződés
- IT: Trattato di Lisbona
- LT: Lisabonos sutartis
- LV: Lisabonas līgums
- MT: Trattat (It-) ta’ Lisbona
- NL: Verdrag van Lissabon
- NO: Lisboa-traktaten
- PL: Traktat Lizboński
- SE: Lissabonfördraget
- SK: Lisabonská zmluva
- SL: Lizbonska pogodba
An international agreement - initially known as the Reform Treaty - which amends the two treaties that form the constitutional basis of the European Union and which aims to enhance the efficiency and democratic legitimacy of the European Union and to improve the coherence of its actions.
2. Prominent changes included the move from unanimity to qualified majority voting in at least 45 policy areas in the Council of Ministers, a change in calculating such a majority to a new double majority, a more powerful European Parliament forming a bicameral legislature alongside the Council of ministers under the ordinary legislative procedure, a consolidated legal personality for the EU, and the creation of a long-term President of the European Council and a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The Treaty also made the Union's bill of rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, legally binding.
3. The Treaty of Lisbon broadened the competences of the EU in asylum issues. According to Art. 78 TFEU, a common policy on asylum is developed through the ordinary legislative procedure. There is no mentioning of minimum standards as before which sets the aim to convergence. The Article provides for the legal basis for the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). For further information, see the entry for 'Common European Asylum System (CEAS)' in this EMN Glossary.
4. For more information see the website of the Lisbon Treaty.
- BG: Европейска служба за подкрепа в областта на убежището
- CZ: Evropský podpůrný azylový úřad
- DE: Europäisches Unterstützungsbüro für Asylfragen
- EE: Euroopa varjupaigaküsimuste tugiamet
- EN: European Asylum Support Office
- ES: Oficina Europea de Apoyo al Asilo
- FI: Euroopan turvapaikka-asioiden tukivirasto
- FR: Bureau européen d’appui en matière d’asile
- GA: an Oifig Tacaíochta Eorpach do Chúrsaí Tearmainn
- GR: Ευρωπαϊκό Γραφείο Στήριξης για το Άσυλο
- HU: Európai Menekültügyi Támogatási Hivatal
- IT: Ufficio Europeo di Sostegno per l’Asilo
- LT: Europos prieglobsčio paramos biuras
- LV: Eiropas Patvēruma atbalsta birojs
- MT: Uffiċċju (L-)ta’ Appoġġ Ewropew fil-Qasam tal‑Ażil
- NL: Europees Ondersteuningsbureau voor Asielzaken [BE syn.: Europees asielondersteuningsbureau]
- NO: Det europeiske støttekontoret på asylfeltet
- PL: Europejski Urząd Wsparcia w dziedzinie Azylu
- PT: Gabinete Europeu de Apoio ao Asilo
- RO: Biroul European de Sprijin în domeniul Azilului
- SE: Europeiska byrån för samarbete i asylfrågor
- SK: Európsky podporný úrad pre azyl
- SL: Evropski azilni podporni urad
A European Union agency mandated to focus on three major responsibilities: to contribute to the coherent implementation and development of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), to support and strengthen practical cooperation among EU Member States on asylum and to provide and/or coordinate the provision of operational support to EU Member States, subject to particular pressure on their asylum and reception systems.
2. The Support Office should work closely with the EU Member States’ asylum authorities, with national immigration and asylum services and other national services and with the European Commission. Furthermore, it should also carry out its duties without prejudice to those assigned to other relevant bodies of the European Union and shall work closely with these bodies as well as with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). However, it does not have any powers in relation to the taking of decisions by EU Member States’ asylum authorities on individual applications for international protection.
3. For further information, see the website of EASO.