Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 20 June 2013 – Marjan Noorzia
(Case C-338/13)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Verwaltungsgerichtshof
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Marjan Noorzia
Defendant: Bundesministerin für Inneres
Question referred
Is Article 4(5) of Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification 1 to be interpreted as precluding a provision under which spouses and registered partners must already have reached the age of 21 years at the time at which the application is submitted in order to be considered to be entitled to join other family members?
____________1 OJ 2003 L 251, p. 12.