Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 6 June 2013

The Queen, on the application of MA and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Civil Division)

Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 — Determining the Member State responsible — Unaccompanied minor — Successive applications for asylum lodged in two Member States — Absence of a member of the family of the minor in the territory of a Member State — Second paragraph of Article 6 of Regulation No 343/2003 — Transfer of the minor to the Member State in which he lodged his first application — Compatibility — Child’s best interests — Article 24(2) of the Charter

Case C‑648/11


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
18/07/2013 MA and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:367		 06/06/2013 MA and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:367		 06/06/2013 MA and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
17/02/2012 MA and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
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Order
ECLI:EU:C:2012:61		 07/02/2012 MA and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
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EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2013:93		 21/02/2013 MA and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.24 The rights of the child
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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

  • 19/12/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 21/02/2013

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

06/06/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 65 from 03.03.2012, p.6

Judgment: OJ C 225 from 03.08.2013, p.18

Name of the parties

MA and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Severijns, Ralph: 'M tegen Ierland' noopt niet tot aanpassing nederlandse praktijk, Asiel en Migrantenrecht 2013 p.91-92 (NL)
  2. Castellaneta, Marina: Minori non accompagnati: sulle domande di aslilo decide lo Stato in cui è stata presentata la richiesta. Trattandosi di persone molto vulnerabili la procedura deve essere rapida e non prolungata, Guida al Diritto 2013 p.94-96 (IT)
  3. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Cassagnabère, Hervé: Chronique de jurisprudence de la CJUE. Un État membre peut toujours examiner la demande d'asile qui lui est présentée, même s'il n'est pas désigné comme l'État responsable de cette demande en vertu des critères du règlement nº 343/2003. Dans le processus de détermination de l'État responsable, l'État sur le territoire duquel se trouve le demandeur n'a pas l'obligation de solliciter l'avis du HCR (1re affaire). La Cour précise les règles de détermination de l'État responsable de l'examen d'une demande de mineur non accompagné (2e affaire), L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2013 p.1688-1689 (FR)
  4. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2013 n° 539 (NL)
  5. Gazin, Fabienne: État responsable du traitement de demandes d'asile de mineurs non accompagnés. L'intérêt supérieur de l'enfant prime sur les critères habituels de détermination d'un État responsable d'une demande d'asile en cas de dépôts de demandes multiples et commande une interprétation finaliste de l'article 6 du règlement Dublin II, Europe 2013 Août Comm. nº 8-9 p.23 (FR)
  6. Brouwer, Evelien: Rechtspraak Vreemdelingenrecht 2013 (Ed. Ars Aequi Libri - Nijmegen) 2013 p.60-61 (NL)
  7. Carlier, Jean-Yves: Droit européen des migrations, Journal de droit européen 2014 nº 207 p.105-114 (FR)
  8. Del Guercio, Adele: Superiore interesse del minore e determinazione dello Stato competente all'esame della domanda di asilo nel diritto dell'Unione europea, Diritti umani e diritto internazionale 2014 p.243-248 (IT)
  9. Rodrigues, P. R.: Overdracht van alleenstaande minderjarige vreemdelingen is in strijd met het EU-Handvest, JHG EU-Handvest Selecties (Ed. Sdu Uitgevers bv) 2016 p.254-260 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bay Larsen

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish