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title: "Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted"
id: 29500a49-25f4-4125-893a-20cc7270c13b
authority: eu
place: "European Union"
applies_also_from: []
kind: directive
in_force: true
publisher_url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32004L0083
attribution: "© European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/29500a49-25f4-4125-893a-20cc7270c13b
text: not held
---

# Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted