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Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on… Article 19

Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on… Article 19

Procedure in case of withdrawal of the application

Article 19

1.   Insofar as Member States provide for the possibility of explicit withdrawal of the application under national law, when an applicant for asylum explicitly withdraws his/her application for asylum, Member States shall ensure that the determining authority takes a decision to either discontinue the examination or reject the application. 2.   Member States may also decide that the determining authority can decide to discontinue the examination without taking a decision. In this case, Member States shall ensure that the determining authority enters a notice in the applicant’s file.

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