CELEX: 62011CN0534
Language: en
Date: 2011-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-534/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 20 October 2011 — Mehmet Arslan v Policie ČR, Krajské ředitelství policie Ústeckého kraje, odbor cizinecké policie

3.3.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 65/2
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 20 October 2011 — Mehmet Arslan v Policie ČR, Krajské ředitelství policie Ústeckého kraje, odbor cizinecké policie
   (Case C-534/11)
   2012/C 65/03
   Language of the case: Czech
   
      Referring court
   
   Nejvyšší správní soud
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Mehmet Arslan
   
      Defendant: Policie ČR, Krajské ředitelství policie Ústeckého kraje, odbor cizinecké policie
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Should Article 2(1), in conjunction with recital 9 of the preamble, of Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (1) be interpreted to mean that this Directive does not apply to a third-country national who has applied for international protection within the meaning of Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status? (2)
               
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, must the detention of a foreign national for the purpose of return be terminated if he applies for international protection within the meaning of Directive 2005/85/EC and there are no other reasons to keep him in detention?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98.
   
      (2)  OJ 2005 L 326, p. 13.