The grounds for withdrawal of protection status are defined in Section 73(4) of the Asylum Act: international protection ‘shall be withdrawn if it was granted on the basis of incorrect information or withholding of essential facts and if such recognition could not be based on any other grounds.’
The procedure for withdrawal of protection status is identical to the revocation procedure, and usually the examination of the various grounds is carried out as a combined ‘revocation and withdrawal procedure’ under Section 73b Asylum Act, i.e. it assesses both whether the requirements for protection have ceased to apply (revocation) and whether protection was granted on an incorrect factual basis (withdrawal), and issues a written, reasoned decision with information on legal remedies. Therefore, the information given above on procedures and on statistics for the revocation procedures also applies to the withdrawal of protection (see section on Cessation: Revocation).