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Document 62022CN0540

Case C-540/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Middelburg (Netherlands) lodged on 11 August 2022 — SN and Others v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid

OJ C 463, 5.12.2022, p. 15–16 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

5.12.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 463/15


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Middelburg (Netherlands) lodged on 11 August 2022 — SN and Others v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid

(Case C-540/22)

(2022/C 463/20)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Middelburg

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: SN, AS, RA, AA, OK, SD, IS, YZ, VK, VM, SP, OZ, OK, MM, PS, OP, ST, OO, ST, OS, AB, AT, PM, IY, SO, HY, VK, VL, DT, DM, DK, OK, MK, VM, VM, AY, PD, SS, OH, AZ, RS, VD, AI, OK

Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid

Questions referred

1.

Does the free movement of services guaranteed by Articles 56 and 57 TFEU include a right derived therefrom of residence in a Member State for third-country workers who may be employed in that Member State by a service provider established in another Member State?

2.

If not, where the duration of the provision of services exceeds three months, does Article 56 TFEU preclude an application having to be made for a residence permit for each individual worker in addition to a simple obligation to declare on the part of the service provider?

3.

If not, does Article 56 TFEU preclude

a.

a provision of national law that the period of validity of such a residence permit may not exceed two years, irrespective of the duration of the provision of services?

b.

the limitation of the period of validity of such a residence permit to the period of validity of the work and residence permit in the Member State in which the service provider is established?

c.

charging a fee per (renewal) application which is equal to the fee payable for a regular work permit for a third-country national, but five times higher than the fee payable for proof of lawful residence for a Union citizen?


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