60In the fourth place, so far as concerns the objective pursued by Directive 2003/86, it is apparent from the Court’s case-law that that directive is intended to promote family reunification and to grant protection to third-country nationals, in particular minors (see, to that effect, judgments of 12 April 2018, A and S, C‑550/16, EU:C:2018:248, paragraph 44, and of 13 March 2019, E., C‑635/17, EU:C:2019:192, paragraph 45).
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