Reports of Cases

2011 I-12735

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg (Germany) – Interpretation of Article 14(1) of Decision No 1/80 of 19 September 1980 of the Association Council on the Development of the Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey – Extension to Turkish nationals of the scope of application of Article 28(3)(a) 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, amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (OJ 2004 L 158, p. 77), authorising expulsion of Union citizens only on imperative grounds of public security – Expulsion decision taken as a result of numerous criminal convictions of a Turkish national who was born in Germany and has resided there for 34 years

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 48 -P3 : paragraphs 52, 59
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 12 : paragraph 69
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17 : paragraph 73
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 18 : paragraphs 69, 73
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 21 : paragraph 73
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 39 : paragraph 66
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 39 -P3 : paragraph 67
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 40 : paragraphs 66, 69
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 41 : paragraph 66
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 44 : paragraph 69
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 52 : paragraph 69
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) : paragraphs 1, 62 - 64, 66, 68, 72
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A02P1 : paragraphs 3, 63
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A03 : paragraph 4
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A04 : paragraph 4
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A05 : paragraph 4
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A06 : paragraph 5
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A08 : paragraph 6
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A12 : paragraphs 3, 7, 65, 68
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A13 : paragraph 3
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A14 : paragraph 3
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A22P1 : paragraph 8
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A28 : paragraph 3
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -C4 : paragraph 3
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21970A1123(01) : paragraph 9
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21970A1123(01) -A01 : paragraph 9
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21970A1123(01) -A36 : paragraphs 11, 65
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21970A1123(01) -A62 : paragraph 9
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21970A1123(01) -TIT2 : paragraph 10
• Decision 64/221 : paragraphs 52, 55, 58, 59, 76
• Decision 64/732 : paragraph 1
• Directive 2003/109 -A02 : paragraph 19
• Directive 2003/109 -A03P1 : paragraph 20
• Directive 2003/109 -A03P3 : paragraph 21
• Directive 2003/109 -A04P1 : paragraph 22
• Directive 2003/109 -A12 : paragraphs 23, 79, 80
• Directive 2003/109 -C1 : paragraph 16
• Directive 2003/109 -C2 : paragraph 16
• Directive 2003/109 -C6 : paragraph 17
• Directive 2003/109 -C8 : paragraph 18
• Directive 2003/109 -C16 : paragraph 18
• Directive 2004/38 : paragraphs 52, 55, 69, 72
• Directive 2004/38 -A16P1 : paragraph 27
• Directive 2004/38 -A27 : paragraph 55
• Directive 2004/38 -A27P1 : paragraph 28
• Directive 2004/38 -A27P2 : paragraph 28
• Directive 2004/38 -A28 : paragraphs 29, 55
• Directive 2004/38 -A28P3LA : paragraphs 1, 46 - 86
• Directive 2004/38 -A38P3 : paragraph 77
• Directive 2004/38 -C3 : paragraph 24
• Directive 2004/38 -C22 : paragraph 25
• Directive 2004/38 -C23 : paragraph 26
• Directive 2004/38 -C24 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Opinion 1/91 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -434/93 : paragraph 66
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -416/96 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -340/97 : paragraphs 52, 55, 58, 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/99 : paragraph 73
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -467/02 : paragraph 84
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/03 : paragraphs 52, 55, 58, 68
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -349/06 : paragraphs 67, 83
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -484/07 : paragraphs 48, 49
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -371/08 : paragraphs 60, 64, 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -303/08 : paragraphs 48, 49, 52, 55, 58, 81 - 83
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -34/09 : paragraph 73
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/09 : paragraphs 69 - 71

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 2004/38 -A28P3LA

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 39 : points 47, 57
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 39 -P3 : point 39
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 40 : points 47, 57
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 41 : points 47, 57
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : point 65
  
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A02P1 : points 8, 44
  
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A03P1L1 : point 45
  
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A04P1 : point 45
  
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A05 : point 45
  
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A06 : point 10
  
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21964A1229(01) -A12 : points 9, 47
  
• Decision 64/732 : point 67
  
• Directive 64/221 : points 40, 50, 57
  
• Directive 64/221 -A01P1 : points 14, 51
  
• Directive 2003/109 -A12P3 : point 64
  
• Directive 2004/38 : points 14, 15, 52 - 54, 57
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A16P1 : point 53
  
• Directive 2004/38 -A28P3LA : points 1, 3, 17, 37, 41, 55
  
• Directive 2004/38 -C4 : point 52
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/86 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -416/96 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -340/97 : points 39, 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/00 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -482/01 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -467/02 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/03 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -373/03 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -325/05 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -349/06 : points 57, 58
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -303/08 : points 39, 40, 58 - 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/09 : point 53
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 14/08/2008

Date of the Opinion

• 14/04/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

08/12/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 285 from 08.11.2008, p.24

Judgment: OJ C 32 from 04.02.2012, p.2

Name of the parties

Ziebell

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Oosterom-Staples, Helen: Rechtspraak Vreemdelingen recht (Ed. Ars Aequi Libri - Nijmegen) 2011 p.365-368
2. Michel, Valérie: Différenciation nette du citoyen européen et du ressortissant d'État tiers associé, Europe 2012 Février Comm. nº 2 p.26
3. Pfersich, Andreas: Assoziierungsabkommen EWG-Türkei, Freizügigkeit der Arbeitnehmer, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik 2012 p.163

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg - Germany

Subject-matter

• Freedom of movement for workers
  
• External relations
  
• - Association Agreement
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG), die Erwerbstätigkeit und die Integration von Ausländern im Bundesgebiet, Aufenthaltsgesetz, Paragraphen 53, 55 und 56 Freizügigkeitsgesetz/EU (FreizügG/EU), Freizügigkeitsgesetz, Paragraphen 1 und 6

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kasel

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French