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Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast)

Reference
2016/0222(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
MEP #28266
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
AFET, EMPL
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 15 September 2016
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 25 April 2017
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 10 May 2017
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 10 April 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 22 May 2024

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
Rapporteur
MEP #28266 (Renew) former member
Shadow rapporteurs
Lena DÜPONT (EPP), MEP #209091 (S&D) former member, Patryk JAKI (ECR), MEP #197478 (ECR) former member, Damien CARÊME (Greens), MEP #96852 (The Left) former member
Opinion: AFET
Foreign Affairs
Opinion: EMPL
Employment and Social Affairs

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

Voting grid

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament10 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0186/2024 TA-9-2024-0186

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary10 May 2017

    Report A8-0186/2017 A-8-2017-0186

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft18 Jan 2017

    Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-593978

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Report A8-0186/2017: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on reception conditions for applicants for international protection. It sets standards on information, residence, detention, health care, education, labour market access, language courses and support for applicants with specific reception needs.

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Committee opinions: Opinion (EMPL), Draft opinion (EMPL)

What changed

Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.

No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 13

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 2 steps · 14 May 2024–22 May 2024

  1. 22 May 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 14 May 2024

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 10 Apr 2024–10 Apr 2024

  1. 10 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0186/2024Report A8-0186/2017

  2. 10 April 2024

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C8-0179/2016Council / Commission text C8-0321/2016Council / Commission text C8-0323/2016Council / Commission text C8-0324/2016Council / Commission text C8-0325/2016Council / Commission text C9-0039/2024Council / Commission text C9-0088/2021Council / Commission text C9-0307/2020Council / Commission text C9-0308/2020Council / Commission text C9-0309/2020Report A8-0171/2018Report A8-0186/2017Report A8-0212/2017Report A8-0245/2017Report A8-0316/2017Report A9-0127/2023Report A9-0148/2023Report A9-0149/2023Report A9-0152/2023Report A9-0164/2024

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 17 May 2017–14 Feb 2024

  1. 14 February 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  2. 17 May 2017

    Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 1 step · 10 May 2017

  1. 10 May 2017

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A8-0186/2017

Committee stage 6 steps · 15 Sept 2016–25 Apr 2017

  1. 25 April 2017

    Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 11 April 2017

    EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (EMPL)

  3. 23 February 2017

    Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (LIBE)Amendments in committee (LIBE)

  4. 10 February 2017

    Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (EMPL)

  5. 18 January 2017

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (LIBE)

  6. 15 September 2016

    Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AFET (Foreign Affairs), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) give an opinion.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2016-0222
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Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast)”. Dossier. reference 2016/0222(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2016-0222 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2016/0222(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2016%2F0222(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast)}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2016-0222}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2016-0222},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2016/0222(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2016\%2F0222(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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