This expert opinion examines whether the Council of State violates EU law (the right to an effective remedy and fair trial guaranteed by Article 47 of the EU Charter) when it refuses to refer a preliminary question to the CJEU without stating reasons for that decision.In a judgment of 5 March 2015 the Dutch Council of…
This expert opinion examines whether stateless Palestinians can in practice return to Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinian territories. Furthermore it assesses which rights stateless Palestinians can claim in the Netherlands by virtue of their non-removability and regardless of their lack of a legal residential status. MLC_report stateless Palestinians_final april 2016
On 1 January 2014 the revised Aliens Employment Act (Wet arbeid vreemdelingen or Wav) entered into force establishing more restrictive conditions for allowing low skilled third country nationals (TCNs) to work in the Netherlands. The most important change was that the minimum period for a migrant to obtain free access to the labour market was extended…
Deze expert opinion is geschreven in het kader van de prejudiciële vragen van de Centrale Raad van Beroep van 16 maart 2015 in de zaak Chavez-Vilchez en anderen (C-133/15) over de interpretatie van artikel 20 VWEU. De Centrale Raad wil onder meer weten of uit dit artikel een verblijfsrecht volgt voor een derdelander, die de dagelijkse en…
This expert opinion seeks to answer the question whether a valid passport can be made a precondition to the right of residence and the issuance of a residence card in the case of a Union citizen’s third country national spouse under Directive 2004/38. It starts by explaining the nature of the right of residence of…
This expert opinion seeks to answer the question, whether the duty to ‘facilitate’ laid down in Article 3(2)(b) of Directive 2004/38/EC leads to an obligation under Union law for the Member States to assess and evidence the starting date of the lawful residence of the unmarried partner. The expert opinion first describes the right of residence of…
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