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Case C-446/24, Freie Hansestadt Bremen: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 April 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht der Freien Hansestadt Bremen – Germany) – Freie Hansestadt Bremen v DT (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/EC – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Article 11(2) – Entry ban – Duration – National legislation which requires, in principle, an indefinite ban on entry and stay in certain cases – Terrorist threat)
Case C-446/24, Freie Hansestadt Bremen: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 April 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht der Freien Hansestadt Bremen – Germany) – Freie Hansestadt Bremen v DT (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/EC – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Article 11(2) – Entry ban – Duration – National legislation which requires, in principle, an indefinite ban on entry and stay in certain cases – Terrorist threat)
Case C-446/24, Freie Hansestadt Bremen: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 April 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht der Freien Hansestadt Bremen – Germany) – Freie Hansestadt Bremen v DT (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/EC – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Article 11(2) – Entry ban – Duration – National legislation which requires, in principle, an indefinite ban on entry and stay in certain cases – Terrorist threat)
OJ C, C/2026/3276, 29.6.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/3276/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
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C/2026/3276 |
29.6.2026 |
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 April 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht der Freien Hansestadt Bremen – Germany) – Freie Hansestadt Bremen v DT
(Case C-446/24, (1) Freie Hansestadt Bremen)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of freedom, security and justice - Directive 2008/115/EC - Return of illegally staying third-country nationals - Article 11(2) - Entry ban - Duration - National legislation which requires, in principle, an indefinite ban on entry and stay in certain cases - Terrorist threat)
(C/2026/3276)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Oberverwaltungsgericht der Freien Hansestadt Bremen
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Freie Hansestadt Bremen
Defendant: DT
Operative part of the judgment
Article 3(6) and Article 11(2) 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
must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation under which the adoption of an indefinite ban on entering the territory of the Member States in respect of an illegally staying third-country national who is the subject of a return decision is required, in principle, where that decision is based on the existence of a terrorist threat, provided that the competent national authority is able to have due regard to all the relevant circumstances of the individual case in order to justify a finding that such a threat exists and the applicability of that legislation in the particular case concerned.
(1) OJ C, C/2024/5220.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/3276/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)