Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 26 November 2020 – VT v Centre public d’action sociale de Liège (CPAS)
(Case C-641/20)
Language of the case: French
Referring court
Tribunal du travail de Liège
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: VT
Defendant: Centre public d’action sociale de Liège (CPAS)
Question referred
Where a Member State decides to withdraw from a refugee his status as such, pursuant to Article 11 of Directive 2011/95, 1 and then to withdraw his [right of] residence and order him to leave the national territory, are Articles 7 and 13 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[,] 2 read in accordance with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, to be interpreted as meaning that the person concerned retains a provisional right of residence and his social rights while the judicial remedy brought against the decision to end his residence and to return him is being examined?
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1 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ 2011 L 337, p. 9).
2 OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98.