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Case Law C-921/19 (10/06/2021)

Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 06/10/2021

Subject: The Court affirmed that Directive 2013/32/EU on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection, and Directive 2011/95/EU of the on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted, preclude national legislation under which any document submitted by an applicant for international protection in support of a subsequent application is automatically considered not to constitute a ‘new element or finding’ when the authenticity of that document cannot be established or its source objectively verified. First, the assessment of the evidence submitted in support of an application for international protection cannot vary according to whether the application is a first application or a subsequent application and, second, a Member State is required to cooperate with an applicant for the purpose of assessing the relevant elements of his or her subsequent application, when that applicant submits, in support of that application, documents the authenticity of which cannot be established.

Parties: Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (Éléments ou faits nouveaux)

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 18 Right to asylum - Refugees

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