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The latest compromise proposal (pdf), circulated by the Swedish Council Presidency on 21 June, was discussed recently in the Integration, Migration and Expulsion (IMEX) working party.
It was accompanied by a discussion paper (pdf) setting out the main changes made by the Presidency, although this relates to the previous version of the compromise text (pdf), circulated on 20 June.
These cover:
- Scope
- Duration and type of permit needed for long-term resident status
- Fundamental requirements
- 3 years for beneficiaries of protection
- Cumulation of residence in different Member States
- Type of permits leading to LTR-status
- Agreed text from the Qualification Regulation
- Processing times
- Absence from the territory of the Union
- Children born or adopted in a member state
- Rights in the second member state
Documentation
- Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (recast) – Presidency compromise text (Council doc. 10528/1/23, LIMITE, 21 June 2023, pdf)
- Previous version (10528/263, LIMITE, 20 June 2023, pdf)
- Discussion paper (Council doc. 10522/23, LIMITE, 20 June 2023, pdf)
