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TQ v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-441/19)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first question
44

TQ v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-441/19)

Judgment of 14 Jan 2021law://eu/cjeu/2019/c-441-19/para_44@2026-11-11

44The effect of that article 5(a) is that, where a Member State intends to issue a return decision against an unaccompanied minor under Directive 2008/115, it must, at all stages of the procedure, necessarily take into account the best interests of the child.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-441/19 · ECLI:EU:C:2021:9
Decided: 14 Jan 2021
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats ’s-Hertogenbosch (District Court, The Hague, sitting at ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
Applicant: TQ
Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid
Rapporteur: M. Safjan
Advocate General: P. Pikamäe
Bench: 5 judges
J.-C. Bonichot, L. Bay Larsen, C. Toader, M. Safjan, N. Jääskinen
Language: Dutch
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62019CJ0441

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Interprets 2: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals
Cited by 7: K and L v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-646/21); X and Minister van Asiel en Migratie, anciennement Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v Y (C-877/24); European Commission v Hungary (C-769/22); GB v Minister van Asiel en Migratie (C-313/25 PPU)2 provisions; LF v Zamestnik-predsedatel na Darzhavna agentsia za bezhantsite (C-352/23); Criminal proceedings against GN (C-261/22); Proceedings brought by K (C-519/20)
Cites 9: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; FMS and Others v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság and Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság (C-924/19 PPU, C-925/19 PPU); K.A. and Others v Belgische Staat (C-82/16); Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast); Khaled Boudjlida v Préfet des Pyrénées-Atlantiques (C-249/13); Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals; Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast); Préfet des Pyrénées-Orientales v Abdelaziz Arib and Others (C-444/17); Subdelegación del Gobierno en Guipuzkoa - Extranjeria v Samir Zaizoune (C-38/14)