Joined Cases C‑420/22 and C‑528/22

NW
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PQ

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Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság
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Miniszterelnöki Kabinetirodát vezető miniszter

(Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi Törvényszék)

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 April 2024

(References for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the European Union – Article 20 TFEU – Union citizen who has never exercised his or her right of freedom of movement – Residence of a family member of that Union citizen – Threat to national security – Statement by a specialist national authority – Statement of reasons – Access to the file)

1. Citizenship of the Union – Provisions of the Treaty – Right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States – Union citizen who has never exercised his or her right of freedom of movement – Derived right of residence of a family member who is a third country national – Withdrawal or refusal of the right of residence without first examining whether there is a relationship of dependency obliging that Union citizen to leave the territory of the European Union – Not permissible – Conditions – Third-country national who cannot be granted a right of residence under another provision – Competent authorities with information on the existence of family ties between that third-country national and that Union citizen

   (Art. 20 TFEU)

   (see paragraphs 60-74, operative part 2)

2. Citizenship of the Union – Provisions of the Treaty – Right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States – Non-reasoned opinion finding that a third-country national who may be entitled to a derived right of residence constitutes a threat – National legislation requiring the competent authority to withdraw or refuse to issue a residence permit to that national on grounds of national security – Failure to examine all the individual circumstances and the proportionality of that decision to withdraw or to refuse a residence permit – Not permissible

   (Art. 20 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47)

   (see paragraphs 76-82, 85, operative part 3)

3. Citizenship of the Union – Provisions of the Treaty – Right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States – Right to good administration – Right to an effective judicial remedy – Decision to withdraw or to refuse a residence permit, adopted in respect of a third-country national who may enjoy a derived right of residence – Decision based on information compromising the national security of the Member State concerned – National legislation providing for partial access to that information upon authorisation for that national or his or her representative – Prohibition on the use of that information for the purposes of an administrative procedure or judicial proceedings – Not permissible

   (Art. 20 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47)

   (see paragraphs 87-101, operative part 4)

4. Citizenship of the Union – Provisions of the Treaty – Right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States – Right to an effective judicial remedy – Decision on residence based on classified information – Review of legality – Obligation to confer on the court the power to verify the lawfulness of the categorisation of that information as classified and to authorise access by the data subject to all of that information or the substance thereof – None – Obligation to draw the appropriate conclusions from a decision by the competent authorities not to disclose the grounds for that decision and the evidence relating thereto

   (Art. 20 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47)

   (see paragraphs 103-113, 116, operative part 5)

See the text of the decision.