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CJEU - C-225/16, Ouhrami
Country of applicant: Algeria
Keywords: Return

The CJEU ruled that the period of application of an entry ban under the Return Directive begins to run from the date on which the person concerned has actually left the territory of the Member States.

Date of decision: 26-07-2017
Relevant International and European Legislation: EN - Returns Directive, Directive 2008/115/EC of 16 December 2008,Recital (2),Recital (4),Recital (6),Recital (10),Recital (11),Recital (14),Article 1,Article 3,Article 6,Article 8,Article 11,Article 12,Article 20
The Netherlands – Supreme Court, 29 March 2016, 14/00826
Keywords: Exclusion from protection, Return

The Supreme Court has requested two preliminary rulings to the Court of Justice of the European Union. The time of onset and the determination of the duration of the suspect’s ‘undesirable declaration’, which is considered equal to an entry ban, are under discussion since this statement had already been issued before the Return Directive was operational.

Date of decision: 29-03-2016
Relevant International and European Legislation: European Union Law,EN - Returns Directive, Directive 2008/115/EC of 16 December 2008,Recital (2),Recital (4),Recital (6),Recital (8),Recital (10),Recital (11),Recital (14),Recital (24),Article 3,Article 7,Article 11
CJEU - Case C-290/14, Skerdhan Celaj
Country of applicant: Albania
Keywords: Effective access to procedures, Detention, Return

The Returns Directive does not preclude domestic legislation which provides for a prison sentence as a criminal law penalty for non-EU citizens who unlawfully re-enter the country in breach of an entry ban.

Date of decision: 01-10-2015
Relevant International and European Legislation: 1951 Refugee Convention,Art 31,European Union Law,International Law,Council of Europe Instruments,EN - Returns Directive, Directive 2008/115/EC of 16 December 2008,Recital (1),Recital (4),Recital (14),Recital (23),Article 1,Article 8,Article 11,Art 31.1,EN - Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
CJEU - C-297/12, Gjoko Filev, Adnan Osmani
Country of applicant: Macedonia, Serbia
Keywords: Procedural guarantees, Return

The Returns Directive does not permit an entry ban to be time limited only in circumstances where the recipient makes an application for such.

Date of decision: 19-09-2013
Relevant International and European Legislation: Recital (4),Recital (5),Recital (14),Article 2,Article 3,Article 7,Article 11,Article 20