62022CJ0563_SUM
Case C‑563/22
SNandLN
v
Zamestnik-predsedatel na Darzhavna agentsia za bezhantsite
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 June 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common policy on asylum and subsidiary protection – Directive 2011/95/EU – Article 12 – Exclusion from refugee status – Person registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) (UNRWA) – Conditions for that person to be entitled ipso facto to the benefits of Directive 2011/95/EU – Cessation of UNRWA’s protection or assistance – Article 4 – General situation prevailing in a sector of UNRWA’s area of operations – Individual assessment of relevant elements – Directive 2013/32/EU – Article 40 – Subsequent application for international protection – New elements – Elements already examined in the final decision on the previous application)
Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection – Directive 2013/32 – Procedure for examining an application for international protection – Subsequent application – Obligation to examine the facts submitted in support of that application – Scope – Assessment of the elements already examined in the final decision on the previous application – Included
(European Parliament and Council Directives 2013/32, Arts 2(e) and (q) and 40, and 2011/95, Arts 4 and 12(1)(a))
(see paragraphs 43, 44, 48, 49, 53-56, 58, operative part 1)
Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Directive 2011/95 – Conditions for granting refugee status – Person who is receiving protection or assistance from organs or agencies of the United Nations other than the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Exclusion from being a refugee – Person forced to leave the UNRWA area of operation – Actual cessation of that assistance – Conditions – Impossibility for UNRWA to ensure dignified living conditions or minimum security conditions – Serious safety risk if the person was to return – Individual assessment of relevant elements – Determination of the relevant time for such an assessment
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 24(2); European Parliament and Council Directives 2011/95, recital 18 and Arts 4, 12(1)(a), second sentence, and 2013/32, Arts 10(3)(b) and 46(3))
(see paragraphs 71-80, 83-87, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.