13.6.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 211/16

(Case C-558/14) (*)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2003/86/EC - Article 7(1)(c) - Family reunification - Requirements for the exercise of the right to family reunification - Stable and regular resources which are sufficient - National legislation permitting a prospective assessment of the likelihood that the sponsor will retain his resources - Compatibility))

(2016/C 211/19)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Mimoun Khachab

Respondent: Subdelegación del Gobierno en Álava

Operative part of the judgment

Article 7(1)(c) of Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification must be interpreted as allowing the competent authorities of a Member State to refuse an application for family reunification on the basis of a prospective assessment of the likelihood of the sponsor retaining, or failing to retain, the necessary stable and regular resources which are sufficient to maintain himself and the members of his family, without recourse to the social assistance system of that Member State, in the year following the date of submission of that application, that assessment being based on the pattern of the sponsor’s income in the six months preceding that date.

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Language of the case: Spanish

ECLI:EU:C:2016:140

(2016/C 211/19)

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Language of the case: Spanish