CELEX: 62019CN0137
Language: en
Date: 2019-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-137/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 20 February 2019 — B.M.O. v État belge

13.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 164/22
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 20 February 2019 — B.M.O. v État belge
      (Case C-137/19)
      (2019/C 164/25)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Referring court
      
      Conseil d’État
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: B.M.O.
      
         Defendant: État belge
      
         Question referred
      
      Must Article 4(1)(c) of Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification, (1) read where appropriate with Article 16(1) of that directive, be interpreted as requiring that third country nationals, in order to be classified as ‘minor children’ within the meaning of that provision, must be ‘minors’ not only at the time of submitting the application for leave to reside but also at the time when the administration eventually determines that application?
      
         (1)  OJ 2003 L 251, p. 12.