Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 November 2021

European Commission v Hungary

Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Area of freedom, security and justice – Asylum policy – Directives 2013/32/EU and 2013/33/EU – Procedure for granting international protection – Grounds of inadmissibility – Concepts of ‘safe third country’ and ‘first country of asylum’ – Assistance given to asylum seekers – Criminalisation – Prohibition on entry to the border transit zone of the relevant Member State

Case C-821/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
17/12/2021 Commission v Hungary (Incrimination de l’aide aux demandeurs d’asile)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:930
16/11/2021 Commission v Hungary (Incrimination de l’aide aux demandeurs d’asile)
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2021:930
16/11/2021 Commission v Hungary (Incrimination de l’aide aux demandeurs d’asile)
Application (OJ)
20/12/2019 Commission v Hungary (Incrimination de l’aide aux demandeurs d’asile)
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:143
25/02/2021 Commission v Hungary (Incrimination de l’aide aux demandeurs d’asile)
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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
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
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
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
3 Legal proceedings
  3.01 Actions for failure to fulfil obligations
    3.01.00 General
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.00 General
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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

  • 08/11/2019

Date of the Opinion

  • 25/02/2021

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/11/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Commission v Hungary (Incrimination de l’aide aux demandeurs d’asile)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Gazin, Fabienne: Asile - Incrimination de l'aide aux demandeurs d'asile, Europe 2022, nº 1 Janvier, comm. 11 (FR)
  2. Pascual Matellán, Laura: La criminalización de la asistencia a los solicitantes de asilo en Hungría (a propósito de la sentencia Comisión/Hungría, C-821/19), Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2022 nº 71 p. 169-187 (ES)
  3. Labayle, Henri: XIV. Espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice - Cour de justice, gde ch., 16 novembre 2021, Commission c/ Hongrie, aff. C-821/19, ECLI:EU:C:2021:930, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2021. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2022, p. 686-689 (FR)
  4. Carlier, Jean-Yves ; Frasca, Eleonora: Droit européen des migrations, Journal de droit européen 2022, nº 3, p. 131-148 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  • Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lycourgos

Advocate General

Rantos

Language(s) of the Case

  • Hungarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French