Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 21 December 2023 – X v Maahanmuuttovirasto

(Case C-790/23, Qassioun ¹ )

Language of the case: Finnish

Referring court

Korkein hallinto-oikeus

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: X

Defendant: Maahanmuuttovirasto (Finnish Immigration Service)

Question referred

Must Article 18(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 ¹ of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person be interpreted as meaning that the rejection of an application, within the meaning of that provision, covers a situation in which a temporary residence document based on the need for protection previously granted to the person concerned in Denmark on his or her application was not renewed, where the decision not to renew was not taken on the application of that person but by the authority concerned of its own motion?

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¹ The present case has been given a fictitious name which does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.

¹ Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (OJ 2013 L 180, p. 31).