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Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Giudice di Pace di Revere – Interpretation of Articles 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 16 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 (OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98) and Article 4(3) TEU – National legislation imposing a fine on a foreign national who has entered national territory illegally or has stayed there illegally – Whether it is permissible to regard illegal stay as a criminal offence – Whether it is possible to substitute for the fine an order for immediate expulsion for a period of at least five years or a measure restricting freedom (‘permanenza domiciliare’) – Member States’ obligations during the period for transposition of a directive.

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TEU, Article 4 -P3 : paragraphs 1, 3
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A103P1 : paragraph 7
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A92P1 : paragraph 7
• Directive 2008/115 : paragraph 1
• Directive 2008/115 -A02 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2008/115 -A04 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2008/115 -A06 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2008/115 -A07 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2008/115 -A08 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2008/115 -A15 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2008/115 -A16 : paragraph 3
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -320/90 : paragraph 5
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/91 : paragraph 4
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -445/06 : paragraph 4
• Court of Justice - Order C -181/09 : paragraph 5
• Court of Justice - Order C -185/12 : paragraph 5

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 13/02/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

04/07/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 118 from 21.04.2012, p.16

Order: OJ C 303 from 06.10.2012, p.8

Name of the parties

Ettaghi

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Rigaux, Anne: Compétence de la Cour et recevabilité des questions préjudicielles, Europe 2012 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.22 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Giudice di Pace di Revere - Italy

Subject-matter

• area of freedom, security and justice
  

Provisions of national law referred to

decreto legislativo, art. 10 bis et 16, comma 1 decreto legislativo, art. 62 bis e 55

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Mazák

Language(s) of the Case

• Italian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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