Procedural safeguards
Article 11
1. The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall adopt a decision on the application for an EU Blue Card and notify the applicant in writing, in accordance with the notification procedures laid down in the law of that Member State. That decision shall be adopted and notified as soon as possible but not later than 90 days after the date of submission of the complete application. Where the employer has been recognised in accordance with Article 13, the decision on the application for an EU Blue Card shall be adopted and notified as soon as possible but not later than 30 days after the date on which the complete application was submitted. 2. Where the documents presented or information provided in support of the application are inadequate or incomplete, the competent authorities shall notify the applicant of the additional documents or information that are required and shall set a reasonable deadline for presenting or providing them. The period referred to in paragraph 1 shall be suspended until the authorities have received the additional documents or information required. If the additional documents or information required have not been provided within that deadline, the application may be rejected. 3. Any decision to reject an application for an EU Blue Card, to withdraw an EU Blue Card or not to renew an EU Blue Card shall be notified in writing to the third-country national concerned and, where relevant, to his or her employer in accordance with the notification procedures set out in the relevant national law. The notification shall specify the reasons for the decision and the competent authority to which an appeal may be submitted, as well as the time limit for submitting an appeal. Member States shall provide an effective judicial remedy, in accordance with national law. 4. An applicant shall be allowed to submit an application for the renewal of his or her EU Blue Card before it expires. Member States may set a deadline of no more than 90 days prior to the expiry of the EU Blue Card for submitting an application for renewal. 5. Where the validity of the EU Blue Card expires during the renewal procedure, Member States shall allow the third-country national to stay in their territory as if he or she were an EU Blue Card holder until the competent authorities have taken a decision on the application for renewal. 6. Where Member States issue national residence permits for the purpose of highly qualified employment, they shall grant EU Blue Card holders the same procedural safeguards as those provided for under their national schemes where the procedural safeguards under such national schemes are more favourable than those provided for in paragraphs 1 to 5.