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Case C-341/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 February 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v J. and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) 2016/399 — Schengen Borders Code — Control at the external borders — Third-country nationals — Article 11(1) — Affixing of stamps on travel documents — Exit stamp — Determination of the time of exit from the Schengen area — Signing-on of seamen with ships that are in long-term mooring in a sea port)

OJ C 137, 27.4.2020, p. 8–8 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

27.4.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 137/8


Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 February 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v J. and Others

(Case C-341/18) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Regulation (EU) 2016/399 - Schengen Borders Code - Control at the external borders - Third-country nationals - Article 11(1) - Affixing of stamps on travel documents - Exit stamp - Determination of the time of exit from the Schengen area - Signing-on of seamen with ships that are in long-term mooring in a sea port)

(2020/C 137/09)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid

Defendants: J. and Others

Interveners: C. and H. and Others

Operative part of the judgment

Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) must be interpreted as meaning that, when a seaman who is a third-country national signs on with a ship in long-term mooring in a sea port of a State forming part of the Schengen area, for the purpose of working on board, before leaving that port on that ship, an exit stamp must, where provided for by that code, be affixed to that seaman’s travel documents not at the time of his signing on, but when the master of that ship notifies the competent national authorities of the ship’s imminent departure.


(1)  OJ C 294, 20.8.2018.


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