However, the Member States excluded "beneficiaries of international protection" from the scope of the directive (this term covers two categories: refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, the latter being asylum-seekers not covered by the Geneva Convention).
Ja direktīvu Parlaments atbalstīs, tā tuvākajā laikā stāsies spēkā un būs jāievieš ES dalībvalstīs trīs gadu laikā.