Reports of Cases JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Third Chamber) 13 January 2021 * (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common policy on asylum and subsidiary protection – Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection – Directive 2011/95/EU – Article 12 – Exclusion from being a refugee – Stateless person of Palestinian origin registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) – Conditions to be entitled ipso facto to the benefits of Directive 2011/95 – Cessation of UNRWA protection or assistance) In Case C-507/19, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Federal Administrative Court, Germany), made by decision of 14 May 2019, received at the Court on 3 July 2019, in the proceedings Bundesrepublik Deutschland v XT, THE COURT (Third Chamber), composed of A. Prechal, President of the Chamber, K. Lenaerts, President of the Court, acting as Judge of the Third Chamber, N. Wahl, F. Biltgen and L. S. Rossi (Rapporteur), Judges, Advocate General: E. Tanchev, Registrar: D. Dittert, Head of Unit, having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 10 June 2020, after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: – the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, by A. Schumacher, acting as Agent, – the German Government, by J. Möller, R. Kanitz and D. Klebs, acting as Agents, – the Belgian Government, by P. Cottin, C. Pochet and M. Van Regemorter, acting as Agents, – the French Government, by D. Dubois, acting as Agent, – the European Commission, by M. Condou-Durande, G. Wils and C. Ladenburger, acting as Agents, * Language of the case: German. EN ECLI:EU:C:2021:3 1