Contents
- 1. Detention may be imposed only as a measure of last resort…
- 2. Persons as referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation…
- 3. Persons as referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation…
- 4. Detention shall be maintained for as short a period as pos…
- 5. By 12 December 2024, the European Union Agency for Asylum…
4.Detention shall be maintained for as short a period as possible, and for only as long as a reasonable prospect of removal exists, and while arrangements therefor are in progress and are executed with due diligence. The period of detention shall not exceed the period referred to in Article 4(2) of this Regulation and, where a consecutive detention is issued immediately following a period of detention as provided for under this Article, that period of detention shall be included in calculating the maximum periods of detention set out in Article 15(5) and (6) of Directive 2008/115/EC.
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