Title E.G. v Slovenia, C-662/17
Publisher European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union
Publication Date 18 October 2018
Country Afghanistan | Slovenia
Topics Complementary forms of protection | Decision on admissibility | Effective remedy
Citation / Document Symbol ECLI:EU:C:2018:847
Related Document(s) E. G. c. Republika Slovenija, C-662/17
Cite as E.G. v Slovenia, C-662/17, ECLI:EU:C:2018:847 , European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union, 18 October 2018, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ECJ,5c3dae194.html [accessed 17 May 2023]
Comments The second subparagraph of Article 46(2) of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection must be interpreted as meaning that subsidiary protection status, granted under legislation of a Member State such as that at issue in the main proceedings, does not offer the ‘same rights and benefits as those offered by the refugee status under Union and national law’, within the meaning of that provision, so that a court of that Member State may not dismiss an appeal brought against a decision considering an application unfounded in relation to refugee status but granting subsidiary protection status as inadmissible on the grounds of insufficient interest on the part of the applicant in maintaining the proceedings where it is found that, under the applicable national legislation, those rights and benefits afforded by each international protection status are not genuinely identical. Such an appeal may not be dismissed as inadmissible, even if it is found that, having regard to the applicant’s particular circumstances, granting refugee status could not confer on him more rights and benefits than granting subsidiary protection status, in so far as the applicant does not, or has not yet, relied on rights which are granted by virtue of refugee status, but which are not granted, or are granted only to a limited extent, by virtue of subsidiary protection status.
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