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Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum… Article 25

Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum… Article 25

Travel document

Article 25

1.   Member States shall issue to beneficiaries of refugee status travel documents in the form set out in the Schedule to the Geneva Convention, for the purpose of travel outside their territory unless compelling reasons of national security or public order otherwise require. 2.   Member States shall issue to beneficiaries of subsidiary protection status who are unable to obtain a national passport, documents which enable them to travel, at least when serious humanitarian reasons arise that require their presence in another State, unless compelling reasons of national security or public order otherwise require.

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