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Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : paragraphs 17, 48, 49
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 9 : paragraph 17
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 21 : paragraph 17
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 45 : paragraph 17
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P3 : paragraph 49
• TFEU, Article 20 -P1 : paragraph 29
• TFEU, Article 21 : paragraph 42
• TFEU, Article 21 -P1 : paragraphs 18, 23, 24, 28, 31, 40, 51 - 53, 56
• TEU, Article 4 -P2 : paragraphs 42, 43
• Directive 2004/38 : paragraphs 16, 18, 20 - 25, 35, 39, 53, 54
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2 : paragraph 19
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2LA : paragraphs 1, 4, 17, 33, 36, 48
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2LB : paragraphs 4, 36
• Directive 2004/38 -A03 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P1 : paragraphs 1, 17, 19
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P2LA : paragraphs 1, 17
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P2LB : paragraphs 1, 17
• Directive 2004/38 -A07 : paragraphs 6, 56
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P1 : paragraphs 26, 28, 51
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P1LA : paragraph 55
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P1LB : paragraph 55
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P1LC : paragraph 55
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P2 : paragraphs 1, 17, 55
• Directive 2004/38 -C31 : paragraph 3
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -370/90 -N21 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -370/90 -N23 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -184/99 -N31 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -148/02 -N25 : paragraphs 37, 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -11/06 -N22 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/06 -N59 : paragraph 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -353/06 -N16 : paragraphs 37, 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -353/06 -N29 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N67 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N84 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N98 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N99 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -34/09 -N41 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -523/11 -N23 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N35 : paragraph 18
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N37 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N50 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N54 : paragraph 24
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N61 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -202/13 -N31 : paragraph 18
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -202/13 -N32 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -359/13 -N34 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -438/14 -N29 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -438/14 -N32 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -438/14 -N48 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -438/14 -N67 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -438/14 -N73 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/15 -N48 : paragraph 22
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/15 -N53 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/15 -N54 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/15 -N55 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -443/15 -N59 : paragraph 37
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -673/16 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N28 : paragraph 22
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N31 : paragraph 18
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N33 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N46 : paragraph 23
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N51 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N52 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N61 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N66 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -193/16 -N18 : paragraph 44

Operative part

• Interprets : TFEU, Article 21 -P1
• Interprets : Directive 2004/38 -A07P1

Opinion

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : points 3, 19, 30, 50, 58 - 60, 67, 80, 81, 92, 98, 99
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 9 : points 4, 19, 30, 59, 81
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 21 : points 19, 30, 59, 81, 98
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 21 -P1 : point 5
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 45 : points 19, 30, 59, 70, 81
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P3 : points 50, 60
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P7 : points 50, 60
  
• TFEU, Article 21 : point 6
  
• TFEU, Article 21 -P1 : points 24, 69, 86, 100
  
• TEU, Article 4 -P2 : point 40
  
• TEU, Article 4 -P3 : point 40
  
• Regulation 1612/68 : points 24, 48
  
• Directive 2003/109 : point 38
  
• Directive 2004/38 : points 2, 18, 23, 24, 38, 41, 42, 51, 66 - 69, 72 - 74, 85 - 87, 90
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02 : point 8
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2 : points 45, 79
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2LA : points 1, 19, 30 - 33, 43, 44, 48, 49, 53, 54, 59, 76, 77, 80, 89, 100
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2LB : points 33, 47, 50
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2LC : point 46
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A02PT2LD : point 46
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A03 : point 9
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P1 : points 1, 19, 22, 48, 81, 100
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P2 : points 83, 93, 94, 100
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P2LA : points 1, 19, 91
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A03P2LB : points 1, 19, 45, 46, 47, 79, 91
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P1 : points 10, 19
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P1LA : points 82, 100
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P1LB : points 82, 100
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P1LC : points 82, 100
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A07P2 : points 1, 10, 19, 81, 82, 88, 100
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A16P1SNT1 : point 35
  
• Directive 2004/38 -C1 : point 70
  
• Directive 2004/38 -C2 : points 7, 70
  
• Directive 2004/38 -C5 : points 7, 71
  
• Directive 2004/38 -C6 : point 7
  
• Directive 2004/38 -C31 : points 7, 59, 75
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007) - Explanations : points 59, 60
  
• Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 52001PC0257 -A02PT2LA : point 51
  
• Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 52003PC0199 : point 51
  
• Council - Common Position - 52004AG0006 : point 51
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -283/81 -N20 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -59/85 -N15 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -370/90 -N19 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -370/90 -N20 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -370/90 -N23 : points 25, 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/93 -N21 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/94 -N9 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -348/96 -N17 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -413/99 -N20 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -122/99 -N34 : points 51, 57
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/99 -N74 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/00 -N38 : points 25, 71, 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/00 -N39 : points 25, 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -148/02 -N25 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/05 -N35 : points 25, 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/05 -N36 : points 25, 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/05 -N39 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/05 -N43 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/05 -N45 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/06 -N59 : points 36, 37
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -147/08 -N175 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N62 : point 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N64 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N82 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N84 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 -N90 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -147/08 -N38 : point 36
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -424/10 -N31 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -424/10 -N32 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -424/10 -N33 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -424/10 -N34 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -83/11 -N39 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/11 -N70 : points 25, 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/11 -N72 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/11 -N19 : point 84
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/11 -N21 : point 94
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/11 -N22 : point 95
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/11 -N24 : point 96
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/11 -N26 : points 95, 96
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -423/12 -N29 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/12 -N26 : point 36
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/12 -N23 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N35 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N37 : points 23, 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N46 : points 25, 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N50 : points 24, 86
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N51 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N54 : point 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/12 -N61 : points 24, 86, 87
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -202/13 -N63 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -270/13 -N52 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -202/13 -N31 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -202/13 -N32 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -202/13 -N33 : point 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/14 -N61 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -299/14 -N49 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/15 -N53 : points 23, 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/15 -N54 : points 24, 86
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/15 -N55 : points 24, 86
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -135/15 -N28 : point 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -443/15 -N58 : points 36, 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -443/15 -N59 : points 38, 59
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/15 -N22 : point 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -24/16 -N70 : point 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N31 : points 69, 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N33 : points 23, 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N46 : points 24, 86
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/16 -N61 : points 24, 86
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 30/12/2016

Date of the Opinion

• 11/01/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

05/06/2018

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 268 from 30.07.2018, p.7

Application: OJ C 104 from 03.04.2017, p.29

Name of the parties

Coman and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Nuică, Cristian: Opinie de specialitate cu privire la cauza C-673/16, Coman, Noua Revistă de Drepturile omului 2017 Vol. 13 nº 02 p.32-45 (RO)
2. Gyeney, Laura: Sensitive Issues before the European Court of Justice - The Right of Residence of Third Country Spouses Who Became Victims of Domestic Violence, as Well as Same-Sex Spouses in the Scope of Application of the Free Movement Directive (Legal Analysis of the NA and Coman Cases), Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law 2017 p.211-256 (EN)
3. Dutta, Anatol: Art. 7 I Richtlinie 2004/38/EG: Aufenthaltsrecht gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehepartner, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Familienrecht 2018 Heft 14 p.1067-1068 (DE)
4. Weber, Nana: Pravica istospolnega zakonca do prebivanja, Pravna praksa 2018 nº 26 p.32-33 (SL)
5. Jessurun d’Oliveira, Ulli: NJB 2018/1426, Het Europese Hof omarmt eindelijk het huwelijk van mensen met hetzelfde geslacht - Een stap in de goede richting, Nederlands juristenblad 2018 p.2060-2064 (NL)
6. Rýdlová, Hana: K výkladu pojmu manžel nebo manželka, Bulletin advokacie 2018 nº 3 p.57 (CS)
7. Faraguna, Pietro: L'amore vince (e l'identità nazionale perde?): il caso Coman alla Corte di giustizia, Quaderni costituzionali 2018 p.711-715 (IT)
8. Croon-Gestefeld, Johanna: Die Ehe für alle im EU-Freizügigkeitsrecht, Das Standesamt 2018 p.297-301 (DE)
9. AERTGEERTS, Pieter: Echtgenoten van hetzelfde geslacht onder Unierecht : ook "echtgenoot" onder het recht van vrij verkeer, Tijdschrift voor bestuurswetenschappen en publiekrecht 2018 n°8 p.495-496 (NL)
10. Sumner, Ian: Groundbreaking decision or a tiny tremor? - The Court of Justice decision in Coman, Nederlands internationaal privaatrecht 2018 nº 469-471 (EN)
11. Chaltiel, Florence: Citoyenneté et non-discrimination, Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2018 nº 233 p.4-15 (FR)
12. Bribosia, Emmanuelle ; Rorive, Isabelle: L'arrêt Coman : quand la Cour de justice contribue à la reconnaissance du mariage homosexuel, Journal de droit européen 2018 nº 253 p.344-347 (FR)
13. Hageanu, Codruța: Articolul 277 din Codul civil român, încotro?, Revista română de drept privat 2018 p.151-154 (RO)
14. Nuică, Cristian: Lupta în fața instanței Uniunii Europene pentru drepturile cuplurilor de același sex. Cauza C-673/16, Coman (I), Noua Revistă de Drepturile omului 2018 Vol. 14 nº 2 p.45-84 (RO)
15. Szczerba-Zawada, Aleksandra: Pochodne prawo pobytu współmałżonka obywatela Unii Europejskiej tej samej płci – glosa do wyroku Trybunału Sprawiedliwości z 5.06.2018 r., C-673/16, Relu Adrian Coman i in. przeciwko Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări i Ministerul Afacerilor Interne, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2018 Vol. 11 p.41-47 (PL)
16. Caiola, Antonio: Une acception large de la notion de "conjoint" pour garantir la liberté de séjour des citoyens européens, Revue des affaires européennes 2018 p.335-344 (FR)
17. Chiaretto, Elisa: Libera circolazione dei coniugi dello stesso sesso nell'Unione europea, La nuova giurisprudenza civile commentata 2018 N°12 p.1759-1765 (IT)
18. Zappalà, Loredana: Nozione di "coniuge" sans phrase: la tutela dei diritti fondamentali delle same sex families, Rivista italiana di diritto del lavoro 2018 4 p.953-961 (IT)
19. Jánošíková, Martina: Manželstvá osôb rovnakého pohlavia a vol'ný pohyb občanov Unie, Bulletin slovenskej advokácie 2018 n° 7-8 p.31-33 (SK)
20. Toda Castán, Daniel: Límites de la ciudadanía de la Unión como motor de los derechos fundamentales: comentario a la sentencia Coman del Tribunal de Justicia de la UE, Revista General de Derecho Europeo 2018, nº 46, p. 365-393 (ES)
21. Kessler, Guillaume: La consécration par la CJUE du droit de séjour du conjoint de même sexe du citoyen européen: un pas supplémentaire vers la libre circulation des situations familiales au sein de l'Union européenne?, Journal du droit international 2019 p.27-47 (FR)
22. Cannoot, Pieter ; Lievens, Johan: NOOT - Zo zijn we niet getrouwd?, Rechtskundig weekblad 2019-19 Vol. 82, n°26 p.1023-1026 (NL)
23. Carlier, Jean-Yves: Vers un ordre public européen des droits fondamentaux – L’exemple de la reconnaissance des mariages de personnes de même sexe dans l’arrêt Coman, Revue trimestrielle des droits de l'homme 2019 N°117 p.203-227 (FR)
24. Carlier, Jean-Yves ; Renaudière, Géraldine: Libre circulation des personnes dans l'Union européenne, Journal de droit européen 2019 p.166-175 (FR)
25. Kroeze, H.H.C. ; Safradin, B.: Een overwinning voor vrijverkeersrechten van regenboogfamilies in Europa: het langverwachte Coman-Arrest, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2019 p.51-59 (NL)
26. Spalding, Amanda: Where next after Coman ?, European Journal of Migration and Law 2019 Vol.21 N°1 p.117-139 (EN)
27. Rijpma, Jorrit J.: You Gotta Let love Move, European Constitutional Law Review 2019 Vol.15 Issue 2 p.324-339 (EN)
28. Carlier, Jean-Yves: Vers un ordre public européen des droits fondamentaux, Revue trimestrielle des droits de l'homme 2019 N°117 p.203-227 (FR)
29. Wall, Fabian: Die "Anerkennung" von Statusverhältnissen in der EU - Auswirkungen des Urteils EuGH 5.6.2018 - Rs. C-673/16 "Coman" auf die standesamtliche Praxis, Das Standesamt 2019 N°8 p.225-238 (DE)
30. Attila, Verga: A román Alkotmánybíróság döntése és különvélemények a "házastársfo(r)galom" értékelésével és értelmezésével kapcsolatban avagy "egy családi fotó" elmosódott részeletei, Alkotmánybírósági Szemle 2019 nº 1 p.2-9 (HU)
31. Tryfonidou, Alina: The ECJ Recognises the Right of Same-Sex Spouses to Move Freely Between EU Member States: The Coman ruling, European Law Review 2019 Vol.44 N°5 p.663-679 (EN)
32. Requena Casanova, Millán: Libre circulación de los matrimonios del mismo sexo celebrados en el territorio de la Unión Europea: consecuencias del asunto Coman y otros, Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2019 nº 62 p. 41-79 (ES)
33. Werner, Jan Lukas: Das Coman-Urteil des EuGH - Art.21 Abs. 1 AEUV als Grundlage eines ordre public européen, Zeitschrift für europäisches Privatrecht 2019 p.802-821 (DE)
34. Coutron, Laurent: Chronique de jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne (2018), Revue du droit public et de la science politique en France et à l'étranger 2019, n° 5, p. 1417-1434 (FR)
35. Labayle, Henri: XIV. Espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice - Cour de justice, gde ch., 5 juin 2018, Coman, aff. C-673/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:385, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2018. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2019, p. 699-704 (FR)
36. Tryfonidou, Alina: The ECJ recognises the right of same-sex spouses to move freely between EU Member States : the Coman ruling, European Current Law 2020, nº 2, p.129-143 (EN)
37. MacLennan, Jacquelyn ; Ward, Angela: The constitutional dimension of case C-673/16 Coman on the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation : the role of fundamental rights in interpreting EU citizenship, The Columbia Journal of European Law 2020, Vol. 26, no. 2, p. 36-61 (EN)
38. Belavusau, Uladzislau ; Kochenov, Dimitry: Same-sex spouses: More free movement, but what about marriage? : Coman, Common Market Law Review 2020 p. 227-242 (EN)
39. Kinsch, Patrick: European Courts and the obligation (partially) to recognise foreign same-sex marriages : on Orlandi and Coman, Yearbook of private international law 2020, No. 20 p.47-59 (EN)
40. Gaudin, Hélène: 14. Citoyen de l'Union - Liberté de circulation - Droit à une vie privée et familiale normale - Mariage - Statut personnel. CJUE, gr. ch., 5 juin 2018, n° C 673/16, Relu Adrian Coman, Les grands arrêts de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne. Droit constitutionnel et institutionnel de l'Union européenne (Dalloz, 2e édition) 2023, p. 214-266 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Curtea Constituţională - Romania

Subject-matter

• Citizenship of the Union
  
• Fundamental rights
  
• - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  
• Freedom of establishment
  
• Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention européenne de sauvegarde des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés fondamentales (04/11/1950), Articles 8 et 14

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  
• Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Wathelet

Language(s) of the Case

• Romanian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French