Title	UNHCR comments on the European Commission's Amended Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection status (Recast) COM (2011) 319 final
Publisher	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Publication Date	January 2012
Topics	Access to procedures | Asylum-seekers | Credibility assessment | Legal representation / Legal aid | Refugee / Asylum law | Safe country of origin | Safe third country | Standard of proof
Related Document(s)	UNHCR comments on the European Commission's proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection (COM(2009)554, 21 October 2009)
Cite as	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR comments on the European Commission's Amended Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection status (Recast) COM (2011) 319 final, January 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4f3281762.html [accessed 21 June 2017]
Comments	On 1 June 2011, the European Commission adopted an Amended Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection, (COM(2009) 554). The Amended Proposal modifies the previously issued Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection (Recast) published in October 2009 (“2009 Recast”).