82However, contrary to the French Government’s contentions, Article 6(3) of Directive 2008/115 cannot be interpreted as laying down an exception to the directive’s scope, which would be additional to those set out in Article 2(2) and would enable the Member States to exclude illegally staying third-country nationals from the common return standards and procedures when they are taken back, pursuant to an agreement or arrangement existing on the date of the directive’s entry into force, by a Member State other than the one in which they have been apprehended.
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