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The Council is the main decision-making body of the European Union. The ministers of the Member States meet within the Council of the European Union. Depending on the issue on the agenda, each country is represented by the minister responsible for that subject. The Council is presided for a period of six months (from January to June, and from July to December) by each Member State in turn, in accordance with a pre-established rota. Website: www.consilium.europa.eu/homepage?lang=en
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Malta Declaration by the members of the European Council on the external aspects of migration: addressing the Central Mediterranean route

3 February 2017 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the fact-finding mission to Turkey by Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on migration and refugees, 30 May – 4 June 2016

10 August 2016 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Mission Reports

EU-Turkey statement, 18 March 2016

18 March 2016 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Conclusions of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on Statelessness

4 December 2015 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Conclusions of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on Statelessness

4 December 2015 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Thematic Reports

Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 of 22 September 2015 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece

24 September 2015 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 of 14 September 2015 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and of Greece

14 September 2015 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast)

29 June 2013 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Directive 2013/33/UE du Parlement Européen et du Conseil du 26 juin 2013 établissant des normes pour l'accueil des personnes demandant la protection internationale (refonte)

29 June 2013 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Réglement (UE) No 603/2013 du Parlement Européen et du Conseil du 26 juin 2013 relatif à la création d'Eurodac pour la comparaison des empreintes digitales aux fins de l'application efficace du règlement (UE) no 604/2013 établissant les critères et mécanismes de détermination de l'État membre responsable de l'examen d'une demande de protection internationale introduite dans l'un des États membres par un ressortissant de pays tiers ou un apatride et relatif aux demandes de comparaison avec les données d'Eurodac présentées par les autorités répressives des États membres et Europol à des fins répressives, et modifiant le règlement (UE) no 1077/2011 portant création d'une agence européenne pour la gestion opérationnelle des systèmes d'information à grande échelle au sein de l'espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice (refonte)

29 June 2013 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

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