CELEX: 62012CN0039
Language: en
Date: 2012-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-39/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), lodged on 27 January 2012 — Criminal proceedings against Vu Thang Dang

21.4.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 118/11
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), lodged on 27 January 2012 — Criminal proceedings against Vu Thang Dang
   (Case C-39/12)
   2012/C 118/16
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Bundesgerichtshof
   
      Party to the main proceedings
   
   Vu Thang Dang
   
      Question referred
   
   Are Articles 21 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, (1) which regulate the issue and annulment of a uniform visa, to be interpreted as precluding criminal liability, resulting from the application of national legislation, for the smuggling of foreign nationals in cases where, although they hold visas, the persons smuggled obtained those visas by deceiving the competent authorities of another Member State as to the true purpose of their journey?
   
      (1)  Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (OJ 2009 L 243, p. 1).