Council of the European Union: negotiations on the asylum procedures directive in December

In December 2012, further negotiations took place on the asylum procedures directive. The Cyprus Presidency presented then compromise proposals for the JHA Counsellors meeting and for the trilogue which took place on December, 17 with the European Commission and the Parliament.

The text of the proposals for the JHA Counsellors meeting can be read here.

The text of the proposals for the trilogue can be found here

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