79That framework, in the case of a foreign national such as Mr Ziebell, who has been residing lawfully and continuously in the host Member State for more than 10 years, consists of Article 12 of Directive 2003/109, which, in the absence of more favourable rules in the law under the EEC-Turkey Association, is a rule of minimum protection against expulsion for any national of a non-member State who holds the status of long-term lawful resident in the territory of a Member State.
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