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European Agreement on Transfer of Responsibility for Refugees

(ETS No. 107)

Open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, on 16 October 1980.

Entry into force: 1 December 1980.

Summary of the treaty

The Agreement aims to secure the adoption of standard rules to determine which State is to assume the responsibility for a refugee, in particular in connection with the issue of travel documents. The Agreement lays down, among other things, the conditions in which responsibility for issuing a travel document is transferred from one Party to another when a refugee changes his/her place of residence.