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Document 62020CN0435

    Case C-435/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 16 September 2020 — C v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    OJ C 433, 14.12.2020, p. 20–21 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    14.12.2020   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 433/20


    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 16 September 2020 — C v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    (Case C-435/20)

    (2020/C 433/24)

    Language of the case: German

    Referring court

    Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: C

    Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    Questions referred

    1.

    Is national legislation under which an application for international protection can be rejected as an inadmissible subsequent application compatible with Article 33(2)(d) and Article 2(q) of Directive 2013/32/EU (1) if the unsuccessful initial asylum procedure was conducted in a different EU Member State?

    2.

    If the answer to Question 1 is in the affirmative: Is national legislation under which an application for international protection can be rejected as an inadmissible subsequent application compatible with Article 33(2)(d) and Article 2(q) of Directive 2013/32/EU also if the unsuccessful initial asylum procedure was not conducted in an EU Member State, but in Switzerland?

    3.

    If the answer to Question 2 is in the negative: Is national legislation under which an application for asylum is inadmissible in the event of a subsequent application and which makes no distinction between refugee status and subsidiary protection status compatible with Article 33(2)[(d)] of Directive 2013/32/EU?


    (1)  Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (OJ 2013 L 180, p. 60).


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