The Common European Asylum System consists of five legal instruments that form the framework for EU asylum policy: the Qualification Directive, Asylum Procedures Directive, Reception Conditions Directive, Dublin III Regulation, and the Eurodac Regulation. These instruments establish standards for who qualifies for international protection, common procedures for granting asylum, conditions for receiving applicants, mechanisms for determining which member state is responsible for applications, and a fingerprint database called Eurodac.