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04/11/2021
BE: The Council of State referred questions for preliminary ruling on interpretation of the Return Directive

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Type
Referral for a preliminary ruling
Original Documents
Relevant Legislative Provisions
Return Directive (Directive 2008/115/EC of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals)
Reference
Belgium, Council of State [Raad van State - Conseil d'État], XXX v Belgian state (represented by the Minister for Asylum and Migration), 04 November 2021. Link redirects to the English summary in the EUAA Case Law Database.
Permanent link to the case
https://caselaw.euaa.europa.eu/pages/viewcaselaw.aspx?CaseLawID=2284
Case history
Other information

European Union, Court of Justice of the European Union [CJEU], Sadikou Gnandi (Togo) v État belge, C-181/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:465 , 19 June 2018. Link redirects to the English summary in the EUAA Case Law Database.

Headline Topic
CJEU: Member States are entitled to adopt a return decision as soon as an application for international protection is rejected, provided that the return procedure is suspended pending the outcome of an appeal against that rejection

Abstract

Case registered before teh CJEU under C-712/21, a similar case was submitted and registered under case C-711/21


The Conseil d’État (Council of State) refers the following questions for a preliminary ruling:


‘1. Must Articles 7 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Articles 5, [6(6)] and 13 of Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third country nationals, read in the light of the judgment [of 19 June 2018, Gnandi (C-181/16, EU:C:2018:465)], be interpreted as meaning that a court hearing an appeal against a return decision adopted pursuant to a decision refusing to grant international protection, when assessing the legality of the return decision, may take account of changes in circumstances that may have a significant bearing on the assessment of the situation under Article 5 cited above, only where those changes occurred prior to the disposal of the international protection proceedings by the Council for asylum and immigration proceedings?


2. Must the circumstances referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals have arisen at a time when the foreign national was legally resident or allowed to remain?


Country of Decision
Belgium
Court Name
BE: Council of State [Raad van State - Conseil d'État]
Case Number
Date of Decision
04/11/2021
Country of Origin
Keywords
Assessment of Application
Return/Removal/Deportation
Second instance determination / Appeal