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Migration and Home Affairs

Definition(s)

The constantly evolving body of common rights and obligations, which is binding for all EU Member States and which comprises:

  • the content, objectives, principles, rights and obligations contained in the Treaties of the European Union and all laws and decisions adopted under them since the Communities were established;
  • the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU);
  • declarations and resolutions adopted by the European Union;
  • instruments under the Common Foreign and Security Policy;
  • instruments under Justice and Home Affairs;
  • international agreements concluded by the European Union and those entered into by its Member States among themselves within the sphere of the Union’s activities.

Source(s)

Description of the EU acquis on the website of DG Migration and Home Affairs

Translations

  • BG: достижения на правото на Съюза
  • CS: unijní acquis / právo Evropské unie
  • DE: Besitzstand der Union / EU-Acquis
  • EL: κεκτημένο της ΕΕ
  • EN: Union acquis
  • ES: acervo de la Unión
  • ET: Euroopa Liidu õigustik/ liidu acquis
  • FI: Unionin säännöstö
  • FR: acquis de l’Union
  • GA: acquis an Aontais
  • HR: acquis Unije / pravna stečevina Europske unije
  • HU: uniós vívmányok
  • IT: acquis dell'Unione
  • LT: Sąjungos acquis
  • LV: Savienības acquis
  • MT: acquis tal-Unjoni
  • NL: acquis van de Unie / Unie-acquis
  • PL: acquis unijne
  • PT: Acervo da União
  • RO: Acquis al Uniunii / Acquis-ul Uniunii
  • SK: acquis Únie / acquis EÚ / právo Európskej únie / právo EÚ / súbor právnych predpisov EÚ
  • SL: pravni red Unije
  • SV: unionens regelverk
  • NO: EU-rettsregler (b); EU-rettsreglar (n)
  • GE: ევროკავშირის კანონმდებლობა
  • UA: acquis Союзу
  • HY: Եվրոպական Միության օրենսդրություն

Synonym(s)

  • acquis
  • EU acquis

Narrower Term(s)

  • asylum acquis

Note(s)

The term is used in the context of asylum and migration and refers to all rights and obligations that are binding on EU Member States with regard to asylum and migration.