Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 8 November 2012

Ulf Kazimierz Radziejewski v Kronofogdemyndigheten i Stockholm

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Stockholms tingsrätt

Freedom of movement for workers – Article 45 TFEU – Total or partial debt relief procedure – Debtor who is a natural person – National legislation making the grant of debt relief subject to a residence condition

Case C‑461/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Link
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2012:570		 13/09/2012 Radziejewski
Freedom of movement for workers
  • Freedom of movement for workers
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
28/10/2011 Radziejewski
Freedom of movement for workers
  • Freedom of movement for workers
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Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2012:704		 08/11/2012 Radziejewski
Freedom of movement for workers
  • Freedom of movement for workers
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2012:704		 08/11/2012 Radziejewski
Freedom of movement for workers
  • Freedom of movement for workers
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (OJ)
14/12/2012 Radziejewski
Freedom of movement for workers
  • Freedom of movement for workers
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Stockholms tingsrätt – Interpretation of Article 45 TFEU – Freedom of movement for persons – Compatibility with Article 45 TFEU of national legislation making the grant of debt relief proceedings in respect of natural persons subject to a condition of residence in national territory – Debtor who is a national of Member State A, resident in Member State B, having made an application for debt relief in Member State A, the place of origin of his debts – Links with the place the application was made

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.09 Insolvency procedures
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.01 Workers
      4.04.01.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 02/09/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 13/09/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

08/11/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 340 from 19.11.2011, p.10

Judgment: OJ C 9 from 12.01.2013, p.20

Name of the parties

Radziejewski

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Forner Delaygua, Joaquín J.: [Insolvencia] - Incompatibilidad con el TFUE de la normativa de un estado miembro que supedita la condonación de deudas a la residencia del deudor en dicho estado - Tribunal de Justicia, Sala Tercera, Sentencia de 8 de noviembre de 2012. Asunto C-461/11 [Ulf Kazimierz Radziejewski / Kronofogdemyndigheten i Stockholm], Anuario español de derecho internacional privado 2012 Tomo XII p.908-914 (ES)
  2. Michel, Valérie: Effacement de créances, Europe 2013 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.32 (FR)
  3. Koch, Raphael: Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit: Wohnsitzerfordernis für Bewilligung der Entschuldung europarechtswidrig, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2013 p.74-75 (DE)
  4. Linna, Tuula: Euroopan unionin tuomioistuimen tuomio C-461/11 asiassa Radziejewski (8.11.2012) - yksityishenkilön velkajärjestely hiertää eurooppalaisessa insolvenssioikeudessa, Lakimies 2013 nº 4 p.790-793 (FI)
  5. Carlier, Jean-Yves: La libre circulation des personnes dans et vers l'Union européenne, Journal de droit européen 2013 nº 197 p.103-114 (FR)
  6. Hergenröder, Curt Wolfgang: Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit versus Restschuldbefreiung?, Europäische Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht 2013 p.513-527 (DE)
  7. Bellil, Farouk: La mesure suédoise d'effacement des créances, exclue du champ d'application des règlements de l'Union européenne, porte atteinte à la liberté de circulation, Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2013 nº 211 p.16-19 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Stockholms tingsrätt - Sweden

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of movement for workers

Provisions of national law referred to

Skuldsaneringslag (2006:548), 4 §

Skuldsaneringslag (2006:548), 4 §

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lenaerts

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • Swedish

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English