European Committee of the Regions 9 April 2008, Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on The future common European asylum system

5.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 172/24 Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on ‘The future common European asylum system’ (2008/C 172/05) THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS — underlines that local and regional authorities will be the first to implement European legislation on a common European asylum system and notes that a common asylum system which requires each Member State