Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 26 November 2020 — VT v Centre public d’action sociale de Liège (CPAS)

(Case C-641/20)

(2021/C 44/35)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal du travail de Liège

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: VT

Defendant: Centre public d’action sociale de Liège (CPAS)

Question referred

Where a Member State decides to withdraw from a refugee his status as such, pursuant to Article 11 of Directive 2011/95, (1) and then to withdraw his [right of] residence and order him to leave the national territory, are Articles 7 and 13 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[,] (2) read in accordance with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, to be interpreted as meaning that the person concerned retains a provisional right of residence and his social rights while the judicial remedy brought against the decision to end his residence and to return him is being examined?

(1)  Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ 2011 L 337, p. 9).

(2)  OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98.