Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 February 2020

Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real v RH

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 20 TFEU — European Union citizens — Union citizen who has never exercised the freedom of movement — Application for a temporary residence permit for the spouse, who is a third-country national — Rejection — Obligation to support the spouse — Union citizen having insufficient resources — Obligation of the spouses to live together — National legislation and practice — Effective enjoyment of the substance of the rights conferred on Union citizens — Deprived

Case C-836/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
03/04/2020 Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real (Spouse of a Union citizen)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:119
27/02/2020 Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real (Spouse of a Union citizen)
Application (OJ)
29/03/2019 Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real (Spouse of a Union citizen)
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:1004
21/11/2019 Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real (Spouse of a Union citizen)
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.09 Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
    1.09.03 Right of entry and of residence
      1.09.03.01 Detailed rules governing the exercise of the right of entry and of residence
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.09 Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
    1.09.03 Right of entry and of residence
      1.09.03.01 Detailed rules governing the exercise of the right of entry and of residence


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 28/12/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 21/11/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

27/02/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real (Spouse of a Union citizen)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Rigaux, Anne: Citoyenneté européenne - Regroupement familial, Europe 2020, n° 4 Avril, Comm. 113 (FR)
  2. Réveillère, Vincent: La protection statutaire du citoyen : demeurer sur le territoire de l'Union (dans son État de nationalité), Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2020, n° 3, p. 721-726 (FR)
  3. Neier, Christina: Residence right under Article 20 TFEU not dependent on sufficient resources: Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Reals : Case C-836/18, Common Market Law Review 2021 p. 549-570 (EN)
  4. Benlolo Carabot, Myriam: VI. Citoyenneté - Cour de justice, 27 février 2020, Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real c/ RH, aff. C-836/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:119, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2020. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2021, p. 414-419 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha - Spain

Subject-matter

  • Citizenship of the Union

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lycourgos

Advocate General

Pikamäe

Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French