Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 June 2023.#TE and RU v Stadt Frankfurt am Main and Stadt Offenbach am Main.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Hessischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof and Verwaltungsgericht Darmstadt.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Immigration policy – Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents – Directive 2003/109/EC – Second subparagraph of Article 9(4), Article 14(1), second subparagraph of Article 15(4), Article 19(2) and Article 22 – Right of third-country nationals to long-term resident status in a Member State – Grant by the first Member State of a ‘long-term resident’s EU residence permit’ of unlimited duration – Third-country national absent from the territory of the first Member State for a period of more than six years – Consequent loss of entitlement to long-term resident status – Application for renewal of a residence permit issued by the second Member State pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III of Directive 2003/109/EC – Application rejected by the second Member State because of the loss of that entitlement – Conditions.#Joined Cases C-829/21 and C-129/22.