CELEX: 62016CN0550
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Case C-550/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 31 October 2016 — A, S v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie

6.2.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 38/7
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 31 October 2016 — A, S v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie
   (Case C-550/16)
   (2017/C 038/10)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Amsterdam
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: A, S
   
      Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie
   
      Question referred
   
   In matters relating to family reunification for refugees, must the term ‘unaccompanied minor’, within the meaning of Article 2(f) of Council Directive 2003/86/EC (1) of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification, also cover a third-country national or stateless person below the age of 18 who arrives on the territory of a Member State unaccompanied by an adult responsible by law or custom and who:
   
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               applies for asylum,
            
         
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               during the asylum procedure, attains the age of 18 on the territory of the Member State,
            
         
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               is granted asylum with retroactive effect to the date of the application, and
            
         
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               subsequently applies for family reunification?
            
         
      (1)  Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification (OJ 2003 L 251, p. 12).