9 Amendments of Louis MICHEL related to 2016/0223(COD)
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The validity period for residence permits granted to refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection should be harmonised in the interests of developing the Common European Asylum System and encouraging beneficiaries of international protection to remain in the Member State granting protection. For this reason, the validity period for residence permits should be 5 years for refugees and 1 year for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection. However, Member States already providing a longer validity period for residence permits should be able to opt for a period of 10 years for refugees and 5 years for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection.
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The following elements shall be taken into account when the determining authority assessinges the reasons for persecution:
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. When the determining authority assessinges if an applicant has a well-founded fear of being persecuted it is immaterial whether the applicant actually possesses the racial, religious, national, social or political characteristic which attracts the persecution, provided that such a characteristic is attributed to the applicant by the actor of persecution.
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) where Union -level country of origin information and common analysis of country of origin information as referred in Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XX [Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum ] indicate a significant change in the country of origin which is relevant for the protection needs of the applicantbeneficiary of international protection;
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of an applicant in the country of origin; or(Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph a
Article 21 – paragraph a
(a) where Union -level country of origin information and common analysis of country of origin information as referred in Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XX [Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum ] indicate a significant change in the country of origin which is relevant for the protection needs of the applicantbeneficiary of international protection,
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
The competent authorities shall provide beneficiaries of international protection with information on the rights and obligations relating to refugee status or subsidiary protection status, as soon as possible after that has been granted. That information shall be provided in a language that the beneficiary can understand or is reasonably supposed to understand and shall make explicit references to the consequences of not complying with the obligations outlined in Article 28 on movement within the Union and to all the rights related to integration set out in Section III of this Regulation.
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) For beneficiaries of refugee status, the residence permit shall have a period of validity of three5 or 10 years and be renewable thereafter for periods of three5 or 10 years.
Amendment 667 #
(b) For beneficiaries of subsidiary protection status, the residence permit shall have a period of validity of one or five years and be renewable thereafter for periods of twoone or five years.