According to the CJEU Press release:

"Türkiye requested that Germany extradite a Turkish national of Kurdish origin who was suspected of murder.

The German court that is to rule on that request is uncertain whether the fact that the person concerned was recognised as a refugee in Italy in 2010, on the ground that he was at risk of political persecution by the Turkish authorities because of his support for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), precludes his extradition.

Since that issue concerns the European asylum system and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the German court referred a question to the Court of Justice.

The Court of Justice has replied that the granting of refugee status in Italy precludes the extradition of the person concerned to his country of origin which he fled. As long as that status has not been revoked or withdrawn by the Italian authorities, extradition must be refused. Extradition would, in reality, effectively end that status.

The competent German authority must, in accordance with the principle of sincere cooperation, contact the Italian authority that granted refugee status.

If, following such contact, the Italian authority revokes or withdraws refugee status, the German authority must nevertheless itself have come to the conclusion that the person concerned is not, or is no longer, a refugee. It must also satisfy itself that there is no serious risk that, in the event of that person's extradition, he would be subjected to the death penalty, torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Türkiye."