Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 provides for the possibility to designate third countries as safe countries of origin at Union level in accordance with the conditions laid down in that Regulation. It is necessary to strengthen the application of the concept of safe country of origin as an essential tool to support the swift examination of applications that are likely to be unfounded by designating third countries as safe countries of origin. It is also necessary to address some of the existing divergences between Member States’ national lists of safe countries of origin. Therefore, a list of safe countries of origin at Union level should be established. While Member States retain the right to apply or introduce legislation that allows for the national designation of third countries as safe countries of origin other than those designated as such at Union level, such common designation at Union level should ensure that the concept of safe country of origin is applied by all Member States in a uniform manner in relation to applicants whose countries of origin are designated as safe countries of origin.
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