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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.
Proceedings relating to the extradition of BY.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the European Union – Articles 18 and 21 TFEU – Extradition of a Union citizen to a third State – Person acquiring Union citizenship after transferring the centre of his or her interests to the Member State from which extradition is requested – Scope of EU law – Prohibition on extradition applied solely to own nationals – Restriction on freedom of movement – Justification based on the prevention of impunity – Proportionality – Information to the Member State of which the requested person is a national – Obligation on the Member State from which extradition is requested and the Member State of origin to ask the third State requesting extradition to send the criminal investigation file – No obligation.
Case C-398/19.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:1032

Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 20 October 2020.
M and Others v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid and T.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands).
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Asylum and immigration – Directive 2008/115/EC – Articles 3, 4, 6 and 15 – Refugee staying illegally in the territory of a Member State – Detention for the purpose of transfer to another Member State – Refugee status in that other Member State – Principle of non-refoulement – No return decision – Applicability of Directive 2008/115.
Case C-673/19.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:840

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 September 2020.
LM v Centre public d'action sociale de Seraing.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Liège.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/CE – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Parent of an adult child suffering from a serious illness – Return decision – Judicial remedy – Automatic suspensory effect – Safeguards pending return – Basic needs – Articles 7, 19 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Case C-402/19.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:759

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 September 2020.
B. v Centre public d'action sociale de Líège (CPAS).
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Liège.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/EC – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Third-country national suffering from a serious illness – Return decision – Judicial remedy – Automatic suspensory effect – Conditions – Grant of social assistance – Articles 19 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Case C-233/19.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:757

Opinion of Advocate General Pikamäe delivered on 2 July 2020.
TQ v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats 's-Hertogenbosch.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/EC – Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals – Article 5(a), Article 6(1) and (4), Article 8(1) and Article 10 – Return decision issued against an unaccompanied minor – Best interests of the child – Obligation for the Member State concerned to be satisfied, before the adoption of a return decision, that that minor will be returned to a member of his or her family, a nominated guardian or adequate reception facilities in the State of return – Distinction on the basis solely of the criterion of the age of the minor in order to grant a right of residence – Return decision not followed by removal measures.
Case C-441/19.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:515

Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 28 May 2020.
B. v Centre public d'action sociale de Líège (CPAS).
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Liège.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/EC – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Third-country national suffering from a serious illness – Return decision – Judicial remedy – Automatic suspensory effect – Conditions – Grant of social assistance – Articles 19 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Case C-233/19.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:397

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 May 2020.
FMS and Others v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság and Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság.
Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság.
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Asylum and immigration policy — Directive 2013/32/EU — Application for international protection — Article 33(2) — Grounds of inadmissibility — Article 40 — Subsequent applications — Article 43 — Border procedures — Directive 2013/33/EU — Article 2(h) and Articles 8 and 9 — Detention — Whether lawful — Directive 2008/115/EU — Article 13 — Effective remedies — Article 15 — Detention — Whether lawful — Right to an effective remedy — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principle of primacy of EU law.
Joined Cases C-924/19 PPU and C-925/19 PPU.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:367

Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 30 April 2020.
Ministerio Fiscal v VL.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Instrucción de San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Asylum and immigration policy – Common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection – Directive 2013/32/EU – Article 6 – Access to the procedure – Application for international protection made to an authority competent under national law to register such applications – Application made to other authorities that are likely to receive such applications but are not, under national law, competent to register them – Definition of ‘other authorities’ – Article 26 – Detention – Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection – Directive 2013/33/EU – Article 8 – Detention of the applicant – Grounds for detention – Decision to hold an applicant in detention on account of a lack of capacity at humanitarian reception centres.
Case C-36/20 PPU.

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

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:331

Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 30 April 2020.
Secretary of State for the Home Department v O A.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) London.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2004/83/EC – Minimum standards for granting refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Refugee status – Article 2(c) – Cessation of refugee status – Article 11 – Change in circumstances – Article 11(1)(e) – Possibility of availing oneself of the protection of the country of origin – Criteria for assessment – Article 7(2) – Financial and social support – Irrelevant.
Case C-255/19.

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

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:342

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 April 2020.
Ruska Federacija v I.N.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovni sud.
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — EEA Agreement — Non-discrimination — Article 36 — Freedom to provide services — Scope — Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters’ association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis — Agreement on the surrender procedure between the Member States of the European Union and Iceland and Norway — Extradition to a third State of an Icelandic national — Protection of a Member State’s nationals against extradition — No equivalent protection for nationals of another State — Icelandic national who was granted asylum under national law before acquiring Icelandic citizenship — Restriction of freedom of movement — Justification based on the prevention of impunity — Proportionality — Verification of the guarantees provided for in Article 19(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Case C-897/19 PPU.

Court reports – general

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:262