Reports of Cases

2011 I-11315

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Verwaltungsgerichtshof – Interpretation of Article 20 TFEU, Article 41(1) of the Additional Protocol of 23 November 1970 annexed to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey and on measures to be taken for their entry into force (JO 1972 L 293, p. 4), and Article 13 of Decision No 1/80 of 19 September 1980 on the development of the Association, drawn up by of the Association Council set up by the aforementioned Agreement – Citizenship of the Union – Right of citizens of the Union and members of their families to reside freely in the territory of a Member State – Situation in which the citizen of the Union resides in the Member State of which he or she is a national – Conditions governing the granting of a residence permit to family members who are nationals of non-member countries

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 39 : paragraph 4
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 40 : paragraph 4
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 41 : paragraph 4
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43 : paragraph 4
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 46 : paragraph 4
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 48 : paragraph 4
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : paragraph 70
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P1 : paragraph 71
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P2 : paragraph 71
• TFEU, Article 20 : paragraphs 35, 59, 64
• TFEU, Article 20 -P1 : paragraph 63
• Regulation 2760/72 : paragraph 1
• Regulation 2760/72 -A41 : paragraph 35
• Regulation 2760/72 -A41P1 : paragraphs 7, 76, 80, 83, 86 - 90, 94, 98, 99, 101
• Regulation 2760/72 -A62 : paragraphs 6, 35
• Directive 2003/86 : paragraphs 45, 48, 49, 58, 59
• Directive 2003/86 -A01 : paragraphs 8, 46
• Directive 2003/86 -A03P3 : paragraphs 9, 47
• Directive 2004/38 : paragraphs 45, 50, 52, 58, 59
• Directive 2004/38 -A01 : paragraphs 10, 11
• Directive 2004/38 -A02 : paragraphs 10, 12
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2 : paragraphs 53, 56
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2LC : paragraph 51
• Directive 2004/38 -A03 : paragraphs 10, 13
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P1 : paragraphs 54, 55, 57
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -317/01 : paragraph 81
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/03 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -16/05 : paragraphs 87, 89 - 91
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/06 : paragraph 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -228/06 : paragraph 88
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 : paragraphs 50, 56, 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -34/09 : paragraphs 53, 62, 64, 65
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -300/09 : paragraphs 92 - 94
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -434/09 : paragraphs 50, 54, 55, 60, 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -483/09 : paragraph 71
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -186/10 : paragraph 89
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -400/10 : paragraph 70

Operative part

• Interprets : Regulation 2760/72

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17 : point 21
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : point 37
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P2 : point 39
  
• TFEU, Article 20 : points 1, 12 - 74
  
• TFEU, Article 20 -P2 : points 34, 38
  
• TFEU, Article 21 : points 26, 27, 30
  
• TFEU, Article 25 -L2 : point 39
  
• TEU, Article 6 -P1 : point 39
  
• Decision 64/732 : point 11
  
• Regulation 2760/72 : point 12
  
• Directive 2003/86 : point 32
  
• Directive 2004/38 : points 11, 19, 26, 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -37/98 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/00 : points 40, 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -317/01 : points 57, 68, 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -148/02 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -16/05 : points 63, 64, 66
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/05 : point 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/06 : point 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -228/06 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -242/06 : point 63
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -353/06 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -92/07 : points 63, 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 : points 20, 40, 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -135/08 : point 21
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -34/09 : points 1, 19 - 22, 27 - 37, 43 - 49
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -300/09 : points 62, 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -434/09 : points 1, 20 - 38, 42, 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -186/10 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -356/11 : point 49
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 25/05/2011

Date of the Opinion

• 29/09/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

15/11/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 219 from 23.07.2011, p.11

Judgment: OJ C 25 from 28.01.2012, p.20

Name of the parties

Dereci and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Vatovec, Katarina: Uporaba prava EU na področju državljanstva EU, Pravna praksa 2011 nº 49-50 p.30-31 (SL)
2. Brière, Carine: La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice et du Tribunal de l'Union européenne. Chronique des arrêts. Arrêt « Murat Dereci et autres c. Bundesministerium für Inneres », Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2011 nº 4 p.731-736 (FR)
3. Cortés Martín, José Manuel: TJUE - Sentencia de 15.11.2011 (Gran Sala), M. Dereci y otros / Bundesministerium für Inneres, C-256/11 - "Ciudadanía - Derecho de los ciudadanos de la Unión y de los miembros de sus familias a circular y residir libremente - Ciudadano de la Unión residiendo en el Estado cuya nacionalidad posee - Permiso de residencia a miembros de la familia nacionales de terceros países - Privación del disfrute efectivo de la esencia de los derechos vinculados al estatuto de ciudadano de la Unión" - Sobre lo esencial de los derechos vinculados a la ciudadanía y su articulación con el derecho fundamental a la vida familiar, Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2011 nº 40 p.871-893 (ES)
4. Fernhout, Roel: Rechtspraak Vreemdelingen recht (Ed. Ars Aequi Libri - Nijmegen) 2011 p.291-295 (NL)
5. Rigaux, Anne: Rapprochement familial et citoyenneté de l'Union, Europe 2012 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.7 (FR)
6. Nic Shuibhne, Niamh: Common Market Law Review 2012 p.349-379 (EN)
7. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2012 nº 107 (NL)
8. Thym, Daniel: Aufenthaltsrechtliche Wirkungen der Unionsbürgerschaft - Dereci u. a., Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2012 p.103-104 (DE)
9. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Donnat, Francis: Chronique de jurisprudence de la CJUE. Citoyenneté de l'Union et situations purement internes, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2012 p.306-307 (FR)
10. Adam, Stanislas ; Van Elsuwege, Peter: Citizenship Rights and the Federal Balance between the European Union and its Member States: Comment on Dereci, European Law Review 2012 p.176-190 (EN)
11. Van Eijken, H.: Ruiz Zambrano the aftermath: de impact van artikel 20 VWEU op de Nederlandse rechtspraak, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2012 p.41-48 (NL)
12. Van Eijken, H. ; De Vries, S.A.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2012 p.212-215 (NL)
13. Doblhoff-Dier, Rosmarie: Von der Unionsbürger_innenschaft und ihrem winzigen Kernbestand - Besprechung des EuGH-Urteils Dereci ua, Juridikum : Zeitschrift im Rechtsstaat 2012 p.145-156 (DE)
14. Martin, Denis: De Zambrano à Dereci :. Le citoyen européen, un être déprimé à la recherche de son identité, Revue de droit du travail 2012 p.339-346 (FR)
15. Vonk, G.J.: Rechtspraak sociale verzekering 2012 nº 240-241 (NL)
16. Pfersich, Andreas: Unionsbürgerschaft, Aufenthaltsrecht der Angehörigen von Drittstaaten, Ungleichbehandlung, Assoziierungsabkommen EWG-Türkei, Stillhalteklauseln, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik 2012 p.252-253 (DE)
17. Di Comite, Valeria: Il desiderio di "vivere insieme" e il mancato diritto al ricongiungimento familiare per i cittadini europei "statici" alla luce del caso Dereci, Studi sull'integrazione europea 2012 p.463-487 (IT)
18. Pagano, Emmanuel: Ricongiungimento familiare, cittadinanza e residenza: dal caso Zambrano al caso Dereci, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2012 p.467-475 (IT)
19. Mehandzhiyska, Deana: "Proletta" na grazhdanstvoto na sayuza, ili pri kakvi usloviya sadat na ES veche priema, che to predostaviya realni prava i pri chisto vatreshni za darzhavite chlenki polozheniya, Evropeyski praven pregled 2011 nº 2 p.50-60 (BG)
20. Nic Shuibhne, Niamh: Case C-434/09, Shirley McCarthy v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Judgment of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) of 5 May 2011, nyr; Case C-256/11, Dereci and others v. Bundesministerium für Inneres, Judgment of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of 15 November 2011, nyr. (Some of) The Kids Are All Right, Common Market Law Review 2012, Volume 49, Issue 1, p. 349-380 (EN)
21. Carlier, Jean-Yves: Droit européen des migrations, Journal de droit européen 2014 nº 207 p.105-114 (FR)
22. 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 - Austria

Subject-matter

• Citizenship of the Union
  
• - Right of entry and residence
  
• External relations
  
• - Association Agreement
  
• Freedom of movement for workers
  
• area of freedom, security and justice
  
• - Immigration policy
  
• Fundamental rights
  
• - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  
• - international agreements
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Bundesgesetz über die Niederlassung und den Aufenthalt in Österreich (Niederlassungs- und Aufenthaltsgesetz - NAG), Paragraphen 11, 21, 47 und 57

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Silva de Lapuerta

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French