Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents
- Reference
- 2016/0223(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
- Matjaž NEMEC
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 6 members
- Decisions in plenary
- None yet
- Versions
- 3 versions
- Opinions from
- EMPL, AFET, JURI
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 12 September 2016
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 15 June 2017
- Tabled for plenary (done) 28 June 2017
- Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 10 April 2024
- 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
- Matjaž NEMEC (S&D)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #197806 (ID) former member, Lena DÜPONT (EPP), Assita KANKO (ECR), Jan-Christoph OETJEN (Renew), Alice KUHNKE (Greens), MEP #131507 (GUE-NGL) former member
- Opinion: EMPL
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Opinion: AFET
- Foreign Affairs
- Opinion: JURI
- Legal 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.
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.
Adopted by Parliament10 Apr 2024
Adopted text TA9-0185/2024 TA-9-2024-0185
Tabled for plenary28 Jun 2017
Report A8-0245/2017 A-8-2017-0245
Committee draft2 Mar 2017
Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-599799
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Report A8-0245/2017: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on qualification for international protection replaces the Qualification Directive with a regulation setting common standards for refugee and subsidiary protection status.
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
22 May 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
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
10 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0185/2024Report A8-0245/2017
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 · 5 Jul 2017–14 Feb 2024
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.
5 July 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 · 28 Jun 2017
28 June 2017
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 6 steps · 12 Sept 2016–15 Jun 2017
15 June 2017
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
3 May 2017
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
27 March 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)
6 March 2017
Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
2 March 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.
12 September 2016
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), AFET (Foreign Affairs), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents”. Dossier. reference 2016/0223(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2016-0223 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2016/0223(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2016%2F0223(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 qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2016-0223}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2016-0223},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2016/0223(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2016\%2F0223(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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