CELEX: 62016CA0403
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-403/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Soufiane El Hassani v Minister Spraw Zagranicznych (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 — Article 32(3) — Community Visa Code — Decision to refuse a visa — Right of the applicant to bring an appeal against that decision — Obligation of a Member State to guarantee the right to a judicial appeal)

12.2.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 52/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Soufiane El Hassani v Minister Spraw Zagranicznych
   (Case C-403/16) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of freedom, security and justice - Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 - Article 32(3) - Community Visa Code - Decision to refuse a visa - Right of the applicant to bring an appeal against that decision - Obligation of a Member State to guarantee the right to a judicial appeal))
   (2018/C 052/10)
   Language of the case: Polish
   
      Referring court
   
   Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Soufiane El Hassani
   
      Defendant: Minister Spraw Zagranicznych
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 32(3) of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 610/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, read in the light of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, must be interpreted as meaning that it requires Member States to provide for an appeal procedure against decisions refusing visas, the procedural rules for which are a matter for the legal order of each Member State in accordance with the principles of equivalence and effectiveness. Those proceedings must, at a certain stage of the proceedings, guarantee a judicial appeal.
   
      (1)  OJ C 383,17.10.2016.