To ensure the greatest possible continuity between the Convention determining the State responsible for examining applications for asylum lodged in one of the Member States of the European Communities(2), signed in Dublin on 15 June 1990, and Regulation (EC) No 343/2003, which replaces that Convention, this Regulation should be based on the common principles, lists and forms adopted by the committee set up by Article 18 of that Convention, with the inclusion of amendments necessitated by the introduction of new criteria, the wording of certain provisions and of the lessons drawn from experience.
Da bi zagotovili kar največjo kontinuiteto med konvencijo, sklenjeno v Dublinu 15. junija 1990, o določitvi države odgovorne za obravnavanje prošenj za azil, vloženih v eni od držav članic Evropskih skupnosti [2], in Uredbo (ES) št. 343/2003, ki nadomešča omenjeno konvencijo, mora ta uredba temeljiti na skupnih načelih, seznamih in obrazcih, ki jih je določil odbor, ustanovljen na podlagi člena 18 omenjene konvencije, skupaj z njenimi dopolnili, potrebnimi zaradi novih meril, besedilih nekaterih določb in spoznanjih, pridobljenih z izkušnjami.