The applicant is a national of Chad, who challenged a decision to transfer him to Italy by decision of 19 August 2021 in accordance with the Dublin III Regulation. The applicant challenged the decision, claiming that he would be subjected to inhuman treatment due to the poor conditions in Italy and the medical health problems that he has (tuberculosis and PTSD).

The court rejected the claim. It held that in so far as the applicant did not have the status of applicant for international protection during his stay in Italy, he could have personally encountered systemic deficiencies there.

The court further noted that there is no relevant evidence to support the conclusion that, as an applicant for international protection in Italy, the asylum procedure and minimum reception conditions would not be ensured there because of systemic deficiencies. Furthermore, the evidence produced does not enable the court to establish, either in the particular case of the applicant or in general, the existence of systemic deficiencies in Italy within the meaning of Article 3 (2) (2) of the Dublin III Regulation.

As regards the applicant’s state of health, the court held that it is not apparent either from the administrative file or from the document drawn up by the International Protection Applicants’ Health Unit dated 22 June 2021 that the applicant has latent tuberculosis.