2. Types of procedures Indicators: Types of Procedures Which types of procedures exist in your country? v Regular procedure: Yes § Prioritised examination:7 Yes § Fast-track processing:8 Yes v Dublin procedure: Yes v Admissibility procedure: Yes v Border procedure: Yes v Accelerated procedure:9 Yes v Other: Yes No No No No No No No No Are any of the procedures that are foreseen in the law, not being applied in practice? Yes No 3. List of authorities that intervene in each stage of the procedure Stage of the procedure Competent authority (EN) Competent authority (GR) Asylum Service, RIS Υπηρεσία Ασύλου, Υπηρεσία Υποδοχής Application v At the border v On the territory Dublin Asylum Service Asylum Service Refugee status determination First appeal Independent Appeals Committees (Appeals Authority) Onward appeal First Instance Administrative Court of Athens or Thessaloniki Asylum Service Subsequent application Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Ανεξάρτητες Επιτροπές Προσφυγών (Αρχή Προσφυγών) Διοικητικό Πρωτοδικείο Αθηνών ή Θεσσαλονίκης Υπηρεσία Ασύλου The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) is also involved at different stages of the procedure, as will be explained further below. 4. Determining authority Name in English Number of staff Asylum Service Not available Ministry responsible Ministry on Migration and Asylum Is there any political interference possible by the responsible Minister with the decision making in individual cases by the first instance authority? Yes No The Asylum Service is responsible for examining applications for international protection and competent to take decisions at first instance. Staffing and capacity Asylum Service: PD 104/2012, as modified by L 4375/2016, provides for Regional Asylum Offices (RAO) to be set up in Attica, Thessaloniki, Thrace, Epirus, Thessaly, Western Greece, Crete, Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Leros and Rhodes. It is possible to establish more than one Regional Asylum Office per region 7 8 9 For applications likely to be well-founded or made by vulnerable applicants. Accelerating the processing of specific caseloads as part of the regular procedure, without reducing procedural guarantees. Entailing lower procedural safeguards, whether labelled as ‘accelerated procedure’ in national law or not. 29