In Case C-411/10

ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT

9November 2010(1)

(Joinder)

In Case C-411/10,

REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling under Article 267TFEU from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Civil Division) (United Kingdom), made by decision of 12August 2010, received at the Court on 18August 2010, in the proceedings

NS

v

Secretary of State for the Home Department,

intervening parties:

Amnesty International Ltd and the AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe),

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

Equality & Human Rights Commission,

and in Case C-493/10,

REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling under Article 267TFEU from the High Court (Ireland), made by decision of 11October 2010, received at the Court on 15October 2010, in the proceedings

M.E. and Others

v

Refugee Applications Commissioner,

Minister for Justice and Law Reform,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT,

after hearing the Advocate General, V.Trstenjak,

makes the following

Order

1The references for a preliminary ruling concern the interpretation of Council Regulation (EC) No343/2003 of 18February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national (OJ 2003 L50, p.1).

2Since the above cases are connected by their subject-matter, it is appropriate, in accordance with Article 43 of the Rules of Procedure, to join them for the purposes of the written procedure.

On those grounds, the President of the Court hereby orders:

Cases C‑411/10 and C‑493/10 are joined for the purposes of the written procedure.

Luxembourg, 9November 2010.

1 Language of the cases: English.