Judgment of the Court (Eight Chamber) of 7 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Pamplona — Spain) — Wilber López Pastuzano v Delegación del Gobierno en Navarra

(Case C-636/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents - Directive 2003/109/EC - Article 12 - Adoption of a decision to expel a long-term resident - Matters to be taken into consideration - National legislation - Failure to take those matters into consideration - Whether compatible))

(2018/C 052/15)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Pamplona

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Wilber López Pastuzano

Defendant: Delegación del Gobierno en Navarra

Operative part of the judgment

Article 12 of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which, as interpreted by some of the courts of that Member State, does not provide for the application of the requirements of protection against the expulsion of a third-country national who is a long-term resident to all administrative expulsion decisions, regardless of the legal nature of that measure or of the detailed rules governing it.

(1)  OJ C 46,13.2.2017.