Translation of "Common European Asylum System " (English → French) :

Mr President, Mrs Lambert's report sets the two communications in the framework of achieving a common European asylum system.

19. Welcomes the fact that the European Convention made provision, in its draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, for a common European asylum system (Article III-167) and a common immigration policy (Article III-168), which will make it possible to abandon the current system of minimum standards, in which the Member States still retain their national systems to a great extent, and replace it by a proper European asylum system with a common asylum procedure and uniform legal status, valid throughout the Union, for people who are granted asylum, and also allow the adoption of measures connected with the involvement of and coo ...[+++]peration with third countries in managing flows of people seeking asylum or subsidiary or temporary protection;

13. To further explore these assertions two studies on options for processing asylum claims external to the EU were commissioned by the Commission: the Study on the feasibility of processing asylum claims outside the EU against the background of the common European asylum system and the goal of a common asylum procedure (published in March 2003), and the Study on the feasibility of setting up resettlement schemes in EU Member States or at EU level against the background of the Common European Asylum System and the goal of a Common Asy ...[+++]lum Procedure

The goal for the legislative work which is currently underway with great intensity is to create a common European asylum system which can lead to greater predictability and justice for the individual and the asylum seeker, who will come to receive equal treatment in all Member States.

The best solution to the problem of sharing responsibility is likely to be a common European asylum system based on the ideas outlined in the Commission’s communication of last November.

In October 1999 the Tampere European Council called for a common European policy on asylum and migration, which would specifically entail the introduction of a common European asylum system which would, in time, lead to a common asylum procedure and a uniform status, valid throughout the Union, for those granted asylum.