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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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	DIRECTIVE 2011/95/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 December 2011on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast)	20 December 2011
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation
	Council Decision 2008/901/CFSP of 2 December 2008 concerning an independent international fact-finding mission on the conflict in Georgia	2 December 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation
	Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law	28 November 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation
	Council Decision of 14 May 2008 establishing a European Migration Network	14 May 2008
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	Council Decision of 20 December 2007 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2007/445/EC	20 December 2007
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation
	Council Decision of 25 June 2007 establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General Programme 'Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows'	25 June 2007
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation
	Council Regulation (EC) No. 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights	15 February 2007
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation
	Council Decision of 21 February 2006 on the Conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement Between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway Concerning the Criteria and Mechanisms for Establishing the State Responsible for Examining a Request for Asylum Lodged in a Member State or in Iceland or Norway (2006/167/EC)	21 February 2006
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation
	Council Decision of 21 February 2006 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark extending to Denmark the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national and Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 concerning the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention	21 February 2006
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation
	Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on Minimum Standards on Procedures in Member States for Granting and Withdrawing Refugee Status	2 January 2006
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union \| Document type: Regional Legislation

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