28.10.2019

Official Journal of the European Union

C 363/8

(Case C-592/19)

(2019/C 363/14)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: SI

Defendant: Subdelegación del Gobierno en Barcelona

Question referred

Must Article 4 and Article 6(1) of Directive 2003/109/EC (1) be interpreted as meaning that a criminal record, of any nature, is sufficient grounds for refusing access to long-term resident status, without any requirement to assess the duration of residence and the existence of links with the country of residence?

Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (OJ 2004 L 16, p. 44).

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Language of the case: Spanish.