Country guidance : explained : general guidance and methodological remarks

The country guidance documents provide country-specific common analysis and guidance in relation to the assessment criteria for qualification for international protection established in the recast Qualification Directive (QD)(1) and in the newly adopted Qualification Regulation (QR)(2), which will repeal the QD with its entry into application on 1 July 2026. They are developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA, hereinafter also 'the Agency') together with a network of senior-level policy officials from EU+ countries and the documents represent their joint assessment of the situation in main countries of origin, in accordance with current EU legislation and jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The European Commission and UNHCR also provide valuable input in this process.