CELEX: 62016CN0199
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-199/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 11 April 2016 — État belge v Max-Manuel Nianga

13.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/36
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 11 April 2016 — État belge v Max-Manuel Nianga
      (Case C-199/16)
      (2016/C 211/46)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Referring court
      
      Conseil d’État
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: État belge
      
         Defendant: Max-Manuel Nianga
      
         Question referred
      
      Is Article 5 of Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, read in conjunction with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and having regard to the right to be heard in any proceedings, which forms an integral part of respect for the rights of the defence, a general principle of EU law, as applied in the context of that directive, (1) to be interpreted as requiring national authorities to take account of the best interests of the child, family life and the state of health of the third-country national concerned when issuing a return decision, referred to in Article 3(4) and Article 6(1) of the directive, or a removal decision, as provided for in Article 3(5) and Article 8 of the directive?
      
         (1)  OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98.