CELEX: 62019CA0616
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Case C-616/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) — Ireland) — M.S., M.W., G.S. v Minister for Justice and Equality (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Asylum policy — Procedure for granting and withdrawing refugee status — Directive 2005/85/EC — Article 25(2) — Grounds for inadmissibility — Rejection by one Member State of an application for international protection as inadmissible due to the earlier grant to the applicant of subsidiary protection in another Member State — Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013)

8.2.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/7
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) — Ireland) — M.S., M.W., G.S. v Minister for Justice and Equality
      (Case C-616/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of freedom, security and justice - Asylum policy - Procedure for granting and withdrawing refugee status - Directive 2005/85/EC - Article 25(2) - Grounds for inadmissibility - Rejection by one Member State of an application for international protection as inadmissible due to the earlier grant to the applicant of subsidiary protection in another Member State - Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 - Regulation (EU) No 604/2013)
      (2021/C 44/09)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Referring court
      
      High Court (Ireland)
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicants: M.S., M.W., G.S.
      
         Defendant: Minister for Justice and Equality
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 25(2) of Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status must be interpreted as not precluding legislation of a Member State which is subject to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person, but which is not bound by 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, in accordance with which an application for international protection is considered to be inadmissible where the applicant benefits from subsidiary protection status in another Member State.
      
         (1)  OJ C 357, 21.10.2019.