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Court of Justice of the European Union

PRESS RELEASE No74/20

Luxembourg, 18 June 2020

Judgment in Case C-754/18

Ryanair Designated Activity CompanyvOrszágos Rendőr-főkapitányság

A family member of an EUcitizen who is not a national of a Member State but who holds a permanent residence card shall be exempt from the visa requirement for entry into the territory of the Member States. Furthermore, this card is to be considered as proof, in itself, of the holder’s family member status On 9October 2017, the police at Liszt Ferenc Airport in Budapest (Hungary) screened passengers on a Ryanair-operated flight from London (UK). On that occasion, it was found that a passenger of Ukrainian nationality who held a non-biometric passportand a valid permanent residence card issued by the UKin accordance with the Directive on the right of citizens of the EUand their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States,1did not have a visa.Considering that,in the absence of a visa, this passenger did not have all the travel documents required to enter Hungarian territory, the police did not authorise him to do so and asked Ryanair to bring him back to London. In addition, it considered that Ryanair had not taken the measures incumbent on it, as a carrier, to ensure that thepassenger was in possession of the required travel documents and, for that reason, imposeda fine of €3,000 on that company.Ryanair challenges, before the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Administrative and

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PRESS RELEASE No73/20

Luxembourg, 18 June 2020

Judgment in Case C-78/18

Commissionv Hungary

The restrictions imposed by Hungary on the financing of civil organisations by persons established outside that Member State do not comply with EU lawIn the judgment in Commission v Hungary (Transparency of associations) (C-78/18), delivered on 18 June 2020, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice upheld the action for failure to fulfil obligations brought by the European Commission against that Member State.The Court held that, by imposing obligations of registration, declaration and publication on certain categories of civil society organisations directly or indirectly receiving support from abroad exceeding a certain threshold and providing for the possibility of applying penalties to organisations that do not comply with those obligations, Hungary had introduced discriminatory and unjustified restrictions with regard to both the organisationsat issue and the persons granting them such support.Those restrictions run contrary to the obligations on Member States in respect of the free movement of capital laid down in Article 63 TFEU and to Articles 7, 8 and 12 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’), on the right to respect for private and family life, the right to the protection of personal data and the right to freedom of association.

Agunas de las recomendaciones del estudio de la defensora, denominado El sensellarismea la ciutat de Barcelona, ya se han aplicado por parte del Ayuntamiento durante el periodo de confinamiento, a pesar de que desde la Sindicatura de Greuges se espera una actuación más amplia.

Barcelona, 18 de junio de 2020 –

La Síndica de Greuges de Barcelona ha publicado un estudio sobre la atención a las personas sin hogar en la ciudad de Barcelona durante los años 2018 y 2019, en que ha contado con la participación de la Fundación Pere Tarrés. El sensellarisme a la ciutatde Barcelona, finalizado a principios del mes de marzo, cuenta con una serie de conclusiones y un listado de recomendaciones para la mejora de los derechos de las personas en esta situación. Ante la declaración del estado de alarma para la gestión de la crisis sanitaria ocasionada por el Covid-19, el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona ha tenido que afrontar con carácter de urgencia el alojamiento de las personas sin hogar. En el estudio, la síndica ya muestra la necesidad de actuar para garantizar la existencia de plazas suficientes, pero además subraya la necesidad de equipamientos especializados para atender los diferentes colectivos de forma adecuada, tal como se ha hecho durante el confinamiento mediante la habilitación de espacios para mujeres, hombres y jóvenes.

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