68In the light of all the foregoing, the answer to the first question is that the right to be heard in all proceedings, as it applies in the context of Directive 2008/115 and, in particular, Article 6 of that directive, must be interpreted as extending to the right of an illegally staying third-country national to express, before the adoption of a return decision concerning him, his point of view on the legality of his stay, on the possible application of Articles 5 and 6(2) to (5) of that directive and on the detailed arrangements for his return.
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