As regards the introduction in successive phases of a common European asylum system that should lead, in the longer term, to a common procedure and a uniform status, valid throughout the Union, for those granted asylum, it is appropriate at this stage, while making the necessary improvements in the light of experience, to confirm the principles underlying the Convention determining the State responsible for examining applications for asylum lodged in one of the Member States of the European Communities(4), signed in Dublin on 15 June 1990 (hereinafter referred to as the Dublin Convention), whose implementation has stimulated the process of harmonising asylum policies.
Glede postopnega uvajanja Skupnega evropskega azilnega sistema, ki naj bi dolgoročno vodil k skupnemu postopku in enotnemu statusu za tiste, ki jim je odobren azil, veljavnem v vsej Uniji, je na tej stopnji, ob uvajanju potrebnih izboljšav v luči izkušenj, primerno potrditi načela, na katerih temelji Konvencija o določanju države, odgovorne za obravnavanje prošenj za azil, vloženih v eni od držav članic Evropskih skupnosti [4], podpisana v Dublinu 15. junija 1990 (v nadaljevanju Dublinska konvencija), katere izvajanje je spodbudilo proces usklajevanja azilnih politik.