EN
C 71/18
Official Journal of the European Union
27.2.2023
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 9 December 2022 — EP v Maahanmuuttovirasto (Case C-752/22) (2023/C 71/21) Language of the case: Finnish Referring court Korkein hallinto-oikeus Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: EP Defendant: Maahanmuuttovirasto Questions referred 1.
Does Directive 2003/109/EC (1) concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents apply to the deportation from the European Union of a person who entered the territory of a Member State during the period of validity of an entry ban imposed on him, whose stay in the Member State was therefore illegal under national law and who did not apply for a residence permit in that Member State if the person has been issued with a long-term residence permit for third-country nationals in another Member State?
If the first question is answered in the affirmative: 2.
Are Article 12(1) and (3) and Article 22(3) of Directive 2003/109/EC concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, so far as their subject matter is concerned, so unconditional and sufficiently precise that they can be relied upon by a third-country national against a Member State?
(1)
Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (OJ 2004 L 16, p. 44).
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 15 December 2022 — Criminal proceedings against FP, QV, IN, YL, VD, JF and OL (Case C-760/22) (2023/C 71/22) Language of the case: Bulgarian Referring court Sofiyski gradski sad Defendants FP, QV, IN, YL, VD, JF and OL Question referred Is the right of a defendant to be present at his or her trial, as provided for in Article 8(1) of Directive 2016/343, (1) read in conjunction with recitals 33 and 44 of that directive, infringed if, at his or her express request, he or she takes part in the court hearings being conducted in the criminal case in question via an online link, in a situation where he or she is defended by a lawyer mandated by him or her and present in the courtroom, and where that link enables him or her to follow the course of the proceedings and to adduce and be given access to evidence, where he or she can be heard without technical hindrances and he or she is guaranteed an effective and confidential means of conferring with his or her lawyer?
(1)
Directive (EU) 2016/343 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings (OJ 2016 L 65, p. 1).