Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 21 December 2023 – I. J. v Registrų centras

(Case C-789/23, Registrų centras)

Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant at first instance and appellant: I. J.

Defendant at first instance and respondent: Registrų centras VĮ

Question referred

Must Article 21(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union be interpreted as precluding national legislation under which a marriage contract concluded in another Member State of the European Union may not be recorded in the Register of Marriage Contracts if the marriage contract does not contain the personal identification number of at least one of the parties to that contract, as provided by the Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania, where, in circumstances such as those of the present case, the competent authorities of the Member State in which the marriage contract was concluded refuse to provide an extract from that contract supplemented by the relevant personal identification data?

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