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Document 62021CJ0066

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 October 2022.
O.T. E. v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities – Directive 2004/81/EC – Article 6 – Scope – Third-country national claiming to be the victim of an offence related to the trafficking in human beings – Entitlement to the reflection period provided for in Article 6(1) of that directive – Prohibition on enforcing an expulsion measure – Definition – Scope – Calculation of that reflection period – Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 – Criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person – Transfer to the Member State responsible for examining that application for international protection.
Case C-66/21.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2022:809

Case C‑66/21

O. T. E.

v

Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid

(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag)

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 October 2022

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities – Directive 2004/81/EC – Article 6 – Scope – Third-country national claiming to be the victim of an offence related to the trafficking in human beings – Entitlement to the reflection period provided for in Article 6(1) of that directive – Prohibition on enforcing an expulsion measure – Definition – Scope – Calculation of that reflection period – Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 – Criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person – Transfer to the Member State responsible for examining that application for international protection)

  1. Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings – Directive 2004/81 – Scope

    (Council Directive 2004/81, Arts 5, 6 and 8)

    (see paragraphs 49, 51)

  2. Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings – Directive 2004/81 – Reflection period – Meaning of ‘expulsion measure’

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 604/2013; Council Directive 2004/81, recital 9 and Arts 5, 6, 7 and 8)

    (see paragraphs 59-64, 66, operative part 1)

  3. Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings – Directive 2004/81 – Reflection period

    (Council Directive 2004/81, Art. 6)

    (see paragraphs 69-71, 77, operative part 2)

See the text of the decision.

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