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Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemburg – Interpretation, in the light of Articles 7 and 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 21(1) TFEU, and Articles 2(2)(d), 3(1), 7(2) and 10(1) of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States (OJ 2004 L 158, p. 77) – Interpretation of Article 6(1) and (3) EU, and Article 24(3), Article 45(1) and the first sentence of Article 51(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – A citizen of a Member State (a minor), who has moved her principal place of residence together with her mother to another Member State – Right to reside, in the Member State of origin of the child, of the father, a third-country national with custody rights – Scope of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Notion of 'implementation of Union law'

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : paragraph 78
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 24 : paragraph 78
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 45 -P1 : paragraph 32
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 : paragraphs 78, 79, 81
• TFEU, Article 20 : paragraphs 66 - 82
• TFEU, Article 21 : paragraphs 66 - 82
• TFEU, Article 21 -P1 : paragraph 32
• TEU, Article 6 -P1 : paragraph 32
• TEU, Article 6 -P3 : paragraph 32
• Directive 2003/38 -A10P2 : paragraph 62
• Directive 2003/109 : paragraphs 45, 72, 82, 75
• Directive 2003/109 -A03P1 : paragraph 36
• Directive 2003/109 -A03P2 : paragraph 41
• Directive 2003/109 -A04P1 : paragraph 37
• Directive 2003/109 -A05 : paragraph 38
• Directive 2003/109 -A06 : paragraph 43
• Directive 2003/109 -A07P1 : paragraph 47
• Directive 2003/109 -A07P3 : paragraph 39
• Directive 2004/38 : paragraphs 52, 55, 58, 63, 65, 67, 72, 82
• Directive 2004/38 -A06 : paragraph 62
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P2 : paragraph 62
• Directive 2004/38 -A10 : paragraph 80
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2 : paragraphs 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 61
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P1 : paragraphs 49, 61
• Directive 2004/38 -A10P1 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/69 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/83 : paragraph 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -299/95 : paragraph 77
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/96 : paragraph 79
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -200/02 : paragraphs 32, 69
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -144/04 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/05 : paragraphs 64, 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 : paragraphs 51, 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -434/09 : paragraphs 67, 76
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -424/10 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/11 : paragraphs 51, 71, 78

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 2004/38

Opinion

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : points 2, 25, 51, 70, 92
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 24 : points 3, 25, 51, 92
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 24 -P3 : points 25, 82, 86
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 45 -P1 : point 25
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 : points 54, 74
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P1 : points 4, 25, 72
  
• TFEU, Article 20 : points 60, 61, 92
  
• TFEU, Article 21 : points 60, 61, 74, 75, 92
  
• TFEU, Article 21 -P1 : point 25
  
• TEU, Article 3 : points 60, 92
  
• TEU, Article 6 : point 53
  
• TEU, Article 6 -P1 : points 25, 60
  
• TEU, Article 6 -P3 : point 25
  
• Directive 2004/38 : points 29 - 32, 41 - 57, 91, 92
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A01 : point 6
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02 : point 25
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2LD : points 7, 25, 33, 34
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT3 : point 7
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A03 : points 8, 25
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P1 : point 25
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A07 : point 25
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P2 : points 9, 25, 32 - 34, 47
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A10 : points 10, 25, 90
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A10P1 : point 25
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A12 : points 11, 46
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A12P3 : points 32, 35, 46
  
• Directive 2004/38 -C5 : points 5, 32, 36 - 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/69 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -260/89 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -368/95 : point 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/98 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/00 : points 62, 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/02 : point 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -148/02 : point 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -200/02 : points 25, 62, 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -144/04 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -406/04 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/05 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/05 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -300/05 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -305/05 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/07 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -551/07 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -19/08 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -434/09 : points 44, 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -34/09 : points 1, 62
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -411/10 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -83/11 : points 76, 83, 86
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/11 : points 1, 62, 63, 70, 71, 86
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 28/01/2011

Date of the Opinion

• 15/05/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

08/11/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 145 from 14.05.2011, p.4

Judgment: OJ C 9 from 12.01.2013, p.10

Name of the parties

Iida

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Berlin, Dominique: Etre ou ne pas être membre de la famille d'un citoyen européen, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2012 nº 48 p.2154 (FR)
2. Kieber, Stefan: Aufenthaltsrecht eines Drittstaatsangehörigen im früheren Aufenthaltsstaat seiner Angehörigen, Newsletter Menschenrechte 2012 nº 6 p.422-424 (DE)
3. Fernhout, Roel: Rechtspraak Vreemdelingen recht (Ed. Ars Aequi Libri - Nijmegen) 2012 p.252-255 (NL)
4. Tinç, Mehmet: Jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne en matière de droits fondamentaux, L'Europe des libertés: revue d'actualité juridique 2012 nº 39/40 p.71 (FR)
5. Rigaux, Anne: Rapprochement familial, Europe 2013 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p. 20-22 (FR)
6. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Cassagnabère, Hervé: Chronique de jurisprudence de la CJUE. Citoyenneté de l'Union - Droit de séjour dérivé des ressortissants de pays tiers, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2013 p.335-336 (FR)
7. Carlier, Jean-Yves: La libre circulation des personnes dans et vers l'Union européenne, Journal de droit européen 2013 nº 197 p.103-114 (FR)
8. Weh, Wilfried Ludwig: Der Fall Iida und die Grundrechtecharta, Informationsbrief Ausländerrecht 2013 p.125-126 (DE)
9. Pfersich, Andreas: Drittstaatsangehöriger, der im Herkunftsmitgliedstaat des Unionsbürgers bleibt, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik 2013 p.206 (DE)
10. Tryfonidou, Alina: (Further) Signs of a Turn of the Tide in the CJEU's Citizenship Jurisprudence, Case C-40/11 Iida, Judgment of 8 November 2012, not yet reported, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2013 p.302-320 (EN)
11. Carlier, Jean-Yves ; Renaudière, Géraldine: Libre circulation des personnes dans l'Union européenne, Journal de droit européen 2018 p.141-151 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg - Germany

Subject-matter

• Citizenship of the Union
  
• area of freedom, security and justice
  
• - Right of entry and residence
  
• - Immigration policy
  
• Fundamental rights
  
• - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG), Paragraphen 7, 9a, 18, 28, 31 und 39 Freizügigkeitsgesetz/EU (FreizügG/EU), Paragraph 5

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention européenne de sauvegarde des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés fondamentales (04/11/1950), art. 8

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Silva de Lapuerta

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German