ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation

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Country Report: ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation Last updated: 30/07/26

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Directives and other CEAS measures transposed into national legislation

Directive Deadline for transposition Date of transposition Official title of corresponding act Web Link
Directive 2011/95/EU

Recast Qualification Directive

21 December 2013 Initial transposition

PD 141/2013, Gov. Gazette Α΄ 226/21-10-2013

 

 

 

 

 

Legislation in force

L. 4939/2022, Gov. Gazette Α΄

111/10-6-2022

Προσαρμογή της ελληνικής νομοθεσίας προς τις διατάξεις της Οδηγίας 2011/95/ΕΕ του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου της 13ης Δεκεμβρίου 2011 (L 337) σχετικά με τις απαιτήσεις για την αναγνώριση και το καθεστώς των αλλοδαπών ή των ανιθαγενών ως δικαιούχων διεθνούς προστασίας, για ένα ενιαίο καθεστώς για τους πρόσφυγες ή για τα άτομα που δικαιούνται επικουρική προστασία και για το περιεχόμενο της παρεχόμενης προστασίας (αναδιατύπωση)

 

Κύρωση Κώδικα Νομοθεσίας για την υποδοχή, τη διεθνή προστασία πολιτών τρίτων χωρών και ανιθαγενών και την προσωρινή προστασία σε περίπτωση μαζικής εισροής εκτοπισθέντων αλλοδαπών

https://bit.ly/3Xu7U96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://bit.ly/3Xtj6CY

Directive 2013/32/EU

Recast Asylum Procedures Directive

20 July 2015 Initial transposition

L. 4375/2016, Gov. Gazetta Α’

51/03-04-2016

 

 

 

 

 

Legislation in force

L. 4939/2022, Gov. Gazette Α΄

111/10-6-2022

‘Οργάνωση και λειτουργία Υπηρεσίας Ασύλου, Αρχής Προσφυγών, Υπηρεσίας Υποδοχής και Ταυτοποίησης σύσταση Γενικής Γραμματείας Υποδοχής, προσαρμογή της Ελληνικής Νομοθεσίας προς τις διατάξεις της Οδηγίας 2013/32/ΕΕ του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου «σχετικά με τις κοινές διαδικασίες για τη χορήγηση και ανάκληση του καθεστώτος διεθνούς προστασίας (αναδιατύπωση)» (L 180/29.6.2013), διατάξεις για την εργασία δικαιούχων διεθνούς προστασίας και άλλες διατάξεις

 

Κύρωση Κώδικα Νομοθεσίας για την υποδοχή, τη διεθνή προστασία πολιτών τρίτων χωρών και ανιθαγενών και την προσωρινή προστασία σε περίπτωση μαζικής εισροής εκτοπισθέντων αλλοδαπών

https://bit.ly/4eur8S3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://bit.ly/3Xtj6CY

Directive 2013/33/EU

Recast Reception Conditions Directive

20 July 2015 Initial transposition

L. 4636/2019, Gov.

Gazetta Α’ 169/ 01-11-2019

 

Legislation in force

L. 4939/2022, Gov. Gazette Α΄

111/10-6-2022

Περί Διεθνούς Προστασίας και άλλες διατάξεις

 

 

 

 

Κύρωση Κώδικα Νομοθεσίας για την υποδοχή, τη διεθνή προστασία πολιτών τρίτων χωρών και ανιθαγενών και την προσωρινή προστασία σε περίπτωση μαζικής εισροής εκτοπισθέντων αλλοδαπών

https://bit.ly/4cqEptk

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://bit.ly/3Xtj6CY

Regulation (EU) No 604/2013

Dublin III Regulation

Directly applicable

20 July 2013

 

The following section contains characteristic incompatibilities in transposition of the CEAS in national legislation which were previously identified in IPA and are maintained in Asylum Code.

Directive Provision Domestic law provision Non-transposition or incorrect transposition
Directive 2011/95/EU

Recast Qualification Directive

 

29(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23(2)

Article 29 Asylum Code

 

 

 

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Article 23(4) in conjunction with Article 22(2) Asylum Code

Article 29 Asylum Code maintaining previous relevant provisions transposing Article 29(1) Directive 2011/95/EU, foresees that beneficiaries have access to social welfare under the same conditions as Greek nationals. Though the letter of the law is positive and does not make use of derogations allowed under the Directive, conditions for accessing social benefits provided under Greece’s welfare policies and in particular requirements of previous legal stay for a minimum of 5 years that must be fulfilled, make it void in practice, leading to indirect discrimination against beneficiaries of international protection.

 

In the case of families created after arrival to Greece:

– in order for the spouses of the beneficiary to be eligible to be granted a residence permit they must already hold a valid residence permit at the time the marriage or civil partnership was conducted.

– Furhtermore, parents of underage beneficiaries are not eligible for residence permits

– While beneficiaries’ children need to have been born in Greece, in order to be eligible for a residence permit.

Directive 2013/32/EU

Recast Asylum Procedures Directive

31(8) Article 88(9)ia Asylum Code Asylum Code maintains IPA’s provision (Article 83(9)) which exceeds the permissible grounds for applying the accelerated procedure, given that it foresees as ground for using the procedure cases where the applicant refuses to comply with the obligation to be fingerprinted under domestic legislation.

 

38 (2) Article 91(1)f Asylum Code Article 91(1)f Asylum Code maintains Article 86(1)(f) IPA, with regards the safe third country concept, and provides that transit through a third country may be considered as such a “connection” in conjunction with specific circumstances, on the basis of which it would be reasonable for that person to go to that country. In LH the CJEU ruled that “the transit of the applicant from a third country cannot constitute as such a valid ground in order to be considered that the applicant could reasonably return in this country”, C‑564/18 (19 March 2020), which sheds doubts on the compatibility of the provision with Article 38(2) of the Directive. Moreover, contrary to Article 38(2) of the Directive, national law does not foresee the methodology to be followed by the authorities in order to assess whether a country qualifies as a “safe third country” for an individual applicant.

 

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation