CELEX: 62019CA0503
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases C-503/19 and C-592/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 September 2020 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 17 de Barcelona, Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 5 de Barcelona — Spain) — UQ (C-503/19), SI (C-592/19) v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Barcelona (References for a preliminary ruling — Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents — Directive 2003/109/EC — Article 6(1) — Elements to be taken into consideration — National rules — Failure to take those elements into consideration — Refusal to grant long-term resident status on the ground that the person concerned has previous convictions)

9.11.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 378/13
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 September 2020 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 17 de Barcelona, Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 5 de Barcelona — Spain) — UQ (C-503/19), SI (C-592/19) v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Barcelona
      (Joined Cases C-503/19 and C-592/19) (1)
      
      (References for a preliminary ruling - Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents - Directive 2003/109/EC - Article 6(1) - Elements to be taken into consideration - National rules - Failure to take those elements into consideration - Refusal to grant long-term resident status on the ground that the person concerned has previous convictions)
      (2020/C 378/15)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Referring court
      
      Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 17 de Barcelona, Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 5 de Barcelona
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicants: UQ (C-503/19), SI (C-592/19)
      
         Defendant: Subdelegación del Gobierno en Barcelona
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 6(1) of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, must be interpreted as precluding the legislation of a Member State as it is interpreted by some of the courts of that State, which provides that a third- country national may be refused long-term resident status for the sole reason that he or she has previous criminal convictions, without a specific assessment of his or her situation, in particular, the nature of the offence committed by that national, the threat he or she may pose to public policy or public security, the length of his or her residence on the territory of that Member State and the links he or she has with that State.
      
         (1)  OJ C 363, 28.10.2019.