Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 6 November 2012

K v Bundesasylamt

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Asylgerichtshof

Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 – Determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third‑country national – Humanitarian clause – Article 15 of that regulation – Person who enjoys asylum in a Member State and is dependent on the assistance of an asylum seeker because she suffers from a serious illness – Article 15(2) of the regulation – Obligation on that Member State, which is not responsible according to the criteria laid down in Chapter III of that regulation, to examine the application for asylum made by that asylum seeker – Conditions

Case C‑245/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex
Judgment (OJ)
14/12/2012 K
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2012:685		 06/11/2012 K
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:2012:685		 06/11/2012 K
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2012:389		 27/06/2012 K
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)
25/08/2011 K
area of freedom, security and justice
- asylum policy
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
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.
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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

  • 23/05/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 27/06/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

06/11/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 269 from 10.09.2011, p.21

Judgment: OJ C 9 from 12.01.2013, p.15

Name of the parties

K

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Cassagnabère, Hervé: Chronique de jurisprudence de la CJUE. La Cour précise les critères de détermination de l'État membre responsable de l'examen d'une demande d'asile fondée sur des raisons humanitaires, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2012 p.2270-2271
  2. Geertsema, Karen: Rechtspraak Vreemdelingen recht (Ed. Ars Aequi Libri - Nijmegen) 2012 p.109-111
  3. Fartunova, Maria: Un Etat membre devient responsable, au sens du règlement nº 343/2003, de l'examen d'une demande d'asile pour des raisons humanitaires afin de garantir l'unité familiale, Revue des affaires européennes 2012 p.857-869
  4. Gazin, Fabienne: Clause humanitaire, Europe 2013 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.30
  5. Carlier, Jean-Yves: La libre circulation des personnes dans et vers l'Union européenne, Journal de droit européen 2013 nº 197 p.103-114



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Asylgerichtshof - Austria

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

Convention européenne de sauvegarde des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés fondamentales (04/11/1950), art. 3 et 8

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bay Larsen

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German