(Case C-379/20 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret (Denmark) lodged on 11August 2020– B v Udlændingenævnet

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret (Denmark) lodged on 11August 2020– B v Udlændingenævnet

(Case C-379/20)

Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Østre Landsret

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: B

Defendant: Udlændingenævnet

Question referred

Does Article13 of Decision No1/80 of the Association Council of 19September 1980¹ on the development of the Association, which is linked to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey, signed at Ankara on 12September 1963 by the Republic of Turkey, on the one hand, and by the Member States of the EEC and the Community, on the other, and concluded, approved and confirmed on behalf of the Community by Council Decision 64/732/EEC² of 23December 1963, preclude the introduction and application of a new national measure under which family reunification between an economically active Turkish national who is lawfully resident in the Member State in question and that person’s child who is 15years of age is subject to the condition that very specific grounds, including the consideration of family unity and the consideration of the best interests of the child, support such reunification?

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¹ Decision No1/80 of the Association Council of 19September 1980 on the application of the social security schemes of the Member States of the European Communities to Turkish workers and members of their families (OJ 1983 C110, p.60).² 64/732/EEC: Council Decision of 23 December 1963 on the conclusion of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ 1964 217, p. 3685).