Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 March 2016

Kreis Warendorf v Ibrahim Alo and Amira Osso v and Region Hannover

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, signed in Geneva on 28 July 1951 — Articles 23 and 26 — Area of freedom, security and justice — Directive 2011/95/EU — Rules relating to the content of international protection — Subsidiary protection status — Article 29 — Social welfare — Conditions of access — Article 33 — Freedom of movement within the host Member State — Definition — Restriction — Obligation to reside in a particular place — Different treatment — Comparable situations — Balanced distribution of budgetary costs between local authorities — Grounds of migration or integration policy

Joined Cases C-443/14 and C-444/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
15/04/2016 Alo
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:127
01/03/2016 Alo
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:127
01/03/2016 Alo
Application (OJ)
21/11/2014 Alo
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2015:665
06/10/2015 Alo
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 25/09/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 06/10/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

01/03/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 156 from 02.05.2016, p.10

Application: OJ C 439 from 08.12.2014, p.21

Name of the parties

Alo

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Pelzer, Marei: Wohnsitzauflage gegenüber subsidiär Schutzberechtigten, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2016 p.448-449 (DE)
  2. Slot, P.J.: Ars aequi 2016 p.460-461 (NL)
  3. Jégo, Vanessa: Arrêt " Alo et Osso " : les États membres peuvent-ils imposer une obligation de résidence aux bénéficiaires de la protection subsidiaire?, Journal de droit européen 2016 nº 229 p.182-184 (FR)
  4. Pahladsingh, A.: Integratie kan woonplaatsplicht bij personen met subsidiaire bescherming rechtvaardigen, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2016 p.121-127 (NL)
  5. Gunn, Ella: Case Comment: Kreis Warendorf v Alo and Osso v Region Hannover, Journal of Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law 2016 p.178-181 (EN)
  6. Marotti, Loris: Sul diritto di scegliere la residenza per i beneficiari dello status di protezione sussidiaria : profili evolutivi e aspetti problematici nell'approccio della Corte di giustizia, Diritti umani e diritto internazionale 2016 p.481-488 (IT)
  7. Colavitti, Romélien: Obligation de résidence des bénéficiaires de la protection subsidiaire, Revue des affaires européennes 2016 p.139-147 (FR)
  8. Zabel, Matthias: Zulässigkeit ausländerrechtlicher Wohnsitzauflagen, Neue juristische Wochenschrift 2016 p.1057-1059 (DE)
  9. Gazin, Fabienne: Droit à la libre circulation et à l'assistance sociale des bénéficiaires de la protection subsidiaire, Europe 2016 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.14-16 (FR)
  10. Lehner, Roman ; Lippold, Andreas: Wohnsitzauflagen für anerkannte Flüchtlinge und subsidiär Schutzberechtigte: Was lässt das (Europa-) Recht zu?, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik 2016 p.81-89 (DE)
  11. Lehofer, Hans Peter: Wohnsitzauflagen für Personen mit subsidiärem Schutzstatus nur unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen zulässig, Österreichische Juristenzeitung 2016 p.474-475 (DE)
  12. Peyrl, Johannes: Zum Wohnsitzerfordernis für Personen, die internationalen Schutz genießen, Das Recht der Arbeit 2016 p.329-331 (DE)
  13. Archontaki, Aspasia: Scholiasmos tis apofasis C-443/14 kai 444/14, Efarmoges dimosiou dikaiou 2016 p.314-316 (EL)
  14. Carlier, Jean-Yves ; Leboeuf, Luc: Choice of residence for refugees and subsidiary protection beneficiaries; variations on the equality principle: Alo and Osso, Common Market Law Review 2017 p.631-644 (EN)
  15. Zagorc, Saša ; Stare, Katja: Subsidiarna zaščita v evropskem in mednarodnem azilnem sistemu - nadgradnja ali spodkopavanje sistema ?, Zbornik Znanstvenih Razprav 2018 p.75-99 (EN, SL)
  16. Carlier, Jean-Yves ; Leboeuf, Luc: Droit européen des migrations, Journal de droit européen 2019 nº 3 p.114-130 (FR)
  17. Zagorc, Saša ; Stare, Katja: Subsidiarna zaščita v evropskem in mednarodnem azilnem sistemu — nadgradnja ali spodkopavanje sistema?, Zbornik Znanstvenih Razprav 2019 n°LXXVIII p.75-99 (SL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesverwaltungsgericht - Germany

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy

Provisions of national law referred to

Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG), Paragraph 12 Abs. 2 und Paragraph 25 Abs. 2

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention de Genève relative au statut des réfugiés (28/07/1951), art. 23 et 26

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bay Larsen

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish