Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2024.#N. A. K. and Others v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Directive 2013/32/EU – Common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection – Application for international protection – Grounds for inadmissibility – Article 2(q) – Concept of ‘subsequent application’ – Article 33(2)(d) – Rejection by a Member State of an application for international protection as inadmissible due to the rejection of a previous application made in another Member State or the discontinuation of the procedure by another Member State in respect of the previous application.#Joined Cases C-123/23 and C-202/23.