(Case C-368/20 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 5August 2020— NW v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 5August 2020— NW v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark

(Case C-368/20)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: NW

Respondent authority: Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark

Questions referred

Does EU law preclude domestic legislation in the form of consecutive domestic decrees prolonging border control which, cumulatively, allow for the reintroduction of border control for a period which exceeds the two-year time limit laid down in Article25 and Article29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399¹ without a corresponding Council recommendation pursuant to Article29 of that regulation?

If Question 1 is answered in the negative:

Is the right to freedom of movement of EU citizens laid down in Article21(1) TFEU and Article45(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union² to be interpreted, especially in the light of the principle of the absence of checks on persons at internal borders established in Article22 of Regulation 2016/399, as meaning that it includes the right not to be subject to checks on persons at internal borders, subject to the conditions and exceptions listed in the Treaties and, in particular, in the above regulation?

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¹ Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ 2016 L77, p.1, as corrected by OJ 2018 L272, p.69).² OJ 2012 C326, p.391.