Otherwise, the EC may decide to refer them to the European Court of Justice.
Addressing the press during the European Council meeting on migration in Brussels this evening, Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said the procedures were launched after several member states requested the Commission to ensure the directives were actually being introduced in national laws.
Speaking to journalists this evening, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that one of the two directives was at the final stage of transposition while the other was being discussed in cabinet. This sets minimum standards for receiving those who ask for worldwide protection.
The Commission is also sending a second supplementary Letter of Formal Notice to Greece for violation of certain provisions of the updated Reception Conditions Directive and the updated Asylum Procedures Directive.
The government now has two months to respond to commission.
“A common asylum system can only work if every country respects the rules”, Timmermans said after officials met to prepare for the summit.
“The pieces of legislation concerned focus on fairer, quicker and better quality asylum decisions (the Asylum Procedures Directive); ensuring that there are humane physical reception conditions (such as housing) for asylum seekers across the European Union (the Reception Conditions Directive); and clarifying the grounds for granting worldwide protection”, the Commission said in a statement.
“In Europe everyone must uphold the commonly agreed standards, in the way we receive asylum seekers”, said Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in a statement.
“Despite letters of formal notice sent to Cyprus and Romania in January 2015, these two countries have either not notified the Commission of all the national measures undertaken yet, or have not yet adopted legislation to comply with the Directive”.
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