Case C-195/25, Framholm: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 20 November 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Förvaltningsrätten i Göteborg – Sweden) – AA, BA, CA, DA, EA, FA v Migrationsverket (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Asylum policy – Area of freedom, security and justice – Refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection – Directive 2001/55/EC – Temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons – Articles 17 and 19 – Concept of application for asylum – Article 3(1) – Grant of subsidiary protection status to a person enjoying temporary protection – Directive 2011/95/EU – Article 18 – Directive 2013/32/EU – Article 33(2) – Direct effect)
Date: 2025-11-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU migration policy, area of freedom, security and justice, asylum seeker, direct applicability, foreign national, international protection, refugee, right of asylum








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C/2026/271


26.1.2026






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 20 November 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Förvaltningsrätten i Göteborg – Sweden) – AA, BA, CA, DA, EA, FA v Migrationsverket


(Case C-195/25,
                (1)
Framholm
                (2)
)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Asylum policy - Area of freedom, security and justice - Refugee status or subsidiary protection status - Common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection - Directive 2001/55/EC - Temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons - Articles 17 and 19 - Concept of ‘application for asylum’ - Article 3(1) - Grant of subsidiary protection status to a person enjoying temporary protection - Directive 2011/95/EU - Article 18 - Directive 2013/32/EU - Article 33(2) - Direct effect)
(C/2026/271)
Language of the case: Swedish

Referring court

Förvaltningsrätten i Göteborg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: AA, BA, CA, DA, EA, FA

Defendant: Migrationsverket

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Articles 3, 17 and 19 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof, read in the light of 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, and Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection,
must be interpreted as not authorising a Member State to reject an application for international protection, in so far as it seeks to obtain subsidiary protection status, on the sole ground that the applicant enjoys temporary protection under Directive 2001/55.










2.


Article 18 of Directive 2011/95 and Article 33 of Directive 2013/32
must be interpreted as having direct effect and, therefore, where it is not possible to interpret national legislation in a manner consistent with the requirements flowing from Articles 18 and 33, it is for the national courts to disapply that legislation.






(1)  OJ C, C/2025/2651.

(2)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/271/oj
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