25.3.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 112/27


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 11 January 2019 — WM v City of Frankfurt am Main

(Case C-18/19)

(2019/C 112/33)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: WM

Authority involved: City of Frankfurt am Main

Question referred

Does Article 16(1) 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 (1) preclude national provisions under which custody awaiting deportation may be enforced in an ordinary custodial institution if the foreign national poses a significant threat to the life and limb of others or to significant internal security interests, in which case the detainee awaiting deportation is accommodated separately from prisoners serving criminal sentences?


(1)  OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98.