CELEX: 62012CN0575
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-575/12: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa (Latvia) lodged on 7 December 2012 — AS ‘Air Baltic Corporation’ v Valsts robežsardze

9.2.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 38/16
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa (Latvia) lodged on 7 December 2012 — AS ‘Air Baltic Corporation’ v Valsts robežsardze
   (Case C-575/12)
   2013/C 38/24
   Language of the case: Latvian
   
      Referring court
   
   Administratīvā apgabaltiesa
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellant: AS ‘Air Baltic Corporation’
   
      Respondent: Valsts robežsardze
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Must Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) be interpreted as meaning that existence of a valid visa contained in a valid travel document is a mandatory pre-condition for the entry of a third-country national?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Under Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code), does cancellation of a travel document to which a visa sticker is affixed mean that the visa issued is also invalidated?
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Are national rules which require, as a mandatory pre-condition for the entry of third-country nationals, the existence of a valid visa contained in a valid travel document compatible with Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) and 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)?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2006 L 105, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ 2009 L 243, p. 1.