Joined Cases C-829/21 and C-129/22, Stadt Frankfurt am Main (Renewal of a residence permit in the second Member State) and Others: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 June 2023 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Hessischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (C-829/21) and the Verwaltungsgericht Darmstadt (C-129/22) — Germany) — TE, RU, represented for legal purposes by TE (C-829/21), EF (C-129/22) v Stadt Frankfurt am Main (C-829/21), Stadt Offenbach am Main (C-129/22) (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)