On the rejection of his complaint challenging the withdrawal decision of 19 July 2005, Mr Zerche brought an action against that decision before the Verwaltungsgericht Chemnitz (Administrative Court of Chemnitz), which has decided to stay proceedings and to refer the following question to the Court for a preliminary ruling:
Al no prosperar su reclamación administrativa contra la resolución de retirada de 19 de julio de 2005, el Sr. Merche interpuso un recurso contra dicha resolución ante el Verwaltungsgericht Chemnitz (Tribunal administrativo de Chemnitz), que decidió suspender el procedimiento y plantear al Tribunal de Justicia la siguiente cuestión prejudicial: