The main amendments made intend to on the one hand improve the efficiency of the system, notably by maintaining a stable responsibility of a given Member State for examining an application, once that responsibility has been established.
Namen najpomembnejših sprememb je po eni strani izboljšanje učinkovitosti sistema, zlasti z ohranitvijo trajne odgovornosti posamezne države članice za obravnavanje prošnje, ko je odgovornost enkrat določena.