Opinion of Advocate General Wathelet delivered on 22 March 2018.

X and X v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag zittingsplaats Haarlem.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Regulation (EC) No 1560/2003 — Determination of the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection — Criteria and mechanisms for determination — Request to take charge of or take back an asylum seeker — Negative reply from the requested Member State — Re-examination request — Article 5(2) of Regulation No 1560/2003 — Time limit for replying — Expiry — Effects.#Joined Cases C-47/17 and C-48/17.
Opinion of Advocate General Wathelet delivered on 22 March 2018