S.L. 217.27 ст. 21Safeguardsincases of mobility.         Cap. 420. 26 [S.L.

(1) Notwithstanding regulation 7(1)(a) and regulation

7(1)(e), where an EU Blue Card holder relocates to another Member State in accordance with regulation 19, the first Member State shall not withdraw the EU Blue Card before the second Member State has taken a decision on the application for long-term mobility.

(2) Where the second Member State rejects the application for an EU Blue Card in accordance with regulation 19(10)(b), the first Member State shall, at the request of the second Member State, allow the re-entry of the EU Blue Card holder and, where applicable, of his family members, without formalities and without delay. This shall also apply if the EU Blue Card issued by the first Member State has expired or has been withdrawn during the examination of the application.

(3) The EU Blue Card holder or the employer in the second Member State may be held liable for the costs related to the re-entry of the EU Blue Card holder and of his family members as referred to in sub-regulation (2).

(4) Where a Member State withdraws or does not renew an EU Blue Card which bears the remark referred to in regulation 8(5) and decides to expel the third-country national, it shall request the Member State indicated in that remark to confirm that the person concerned is still a beneficiary of international protection in that Member State. The Member State indicated in that remark shall reply within one (1) month after receiving the request for information.

(5) Where the third-country national is still a beneficiary of international protection in the Member State indicated in that remark, that person shall be expelled to that Member State which shall, without prejudice to the applicable European Union or national law and to the principle of family unity, immediately allow the re-entry without formalities, of that person and his family members.

(6) By way of derogation from the sub-regulation (5), the

Member State which adopted the expulsion decision shall retain the right to remove the third-country national, in accordance with its international obligations, to a country other than the Member State which granted international protection, where the conditions specified in article 14(2) of the International Protection Act are fulfilled with respect to that third-country national.

(7) Where an EU Blue Card holder or his family members cross the external border of a Member State that applies the Schengen THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF 217.27 HIGHLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYMENT

acquis in full, that Member State shall consult the Schengen Information System in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/399. That Member State shall refuse entry for persons for whom an alert for the purposes of refusing entry and stay has been issued in the Schengen Information System.