Reports of Cases

2010 I-01449

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) – Interpretation of Article 17 EC – Acquisition of the nationality of a Member State entailing the definitive loss of the nationality of the Member State of origin – Loss of the new nationality with retroactive effect as a result of deception in connection with its acquisition – Statelessness of the person concerned with the consequence of loss of citizenship of the Union

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EU Treaty (Maastricht) - Final Act, Declaration No 2 : paragraphs 3, 40
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 12 : paragraph 44
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17 : paragraphs 36, 42, 57, 59 - 60
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17 -P2 : paragraph 44
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41992X1231 : paragraphs 4, 40
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -369/90 : paragraphs 39, 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/96 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/96 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -179/98 : paragraphs 39, 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -184/99 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/99 : paragraphs 45, 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/99 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -148/02 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -200/02 : paragraphs 39, 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/03 : paragraphs 41, 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/04 : paragraph 41

Operative part

• Interprets : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17

Opinion

• EU Treaty (Maastricht) - Final Act, Declaration No 2 : point 19
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 10 : point 30
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17 -P1 : points 7, 15, 24
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 18 : points 11 - 12, 32
  
• EU Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 6 -P3 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -21/74 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/79 : point 17
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -286/90 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -369/90 : points 19 - 21, 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -134/95 : point 10
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -64/96 : point 9
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -162/96 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -179/98 : points 19 - 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -224/98 : points 11, 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -95/99 : point 10
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -184/99 : point 9
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/99 : points 19 - 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -138/02 : point 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -148/02 : points 9 - 11, 13, 20 - 21
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -200/02 : point 21
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/02 : point 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -209/03 : points 11, 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/03 : points 9, 11 - 12
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -446/03 : point 20
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -64/05 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -76/05 : points 9, 11
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/05 : points 9, 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/06 : point 9
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -499/06 : points 9, 11 - 12, 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -158/07 : point 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/08 : point 10
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 03/04/2008

Date of the Opinion

• 30/09/2009

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

02/03/2010

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 171 from 05.07.2008, p.13

Judgment: OJ C 113 from 01.05.2010, p.4

Name of the parties

Rottmann

Notes on Academic Writings

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2. Castellaneta, Marina: Lo Stato deve valutare gli effetti sul cittadino del provvedimento di revoca della naturalizzazione, Guida al Diritto 2010 nº 15 p.97-99 (IT)
3. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Donnat, Francis: Chronique de jurisprudence communautaire. Citoyenneté de l'Union, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2010 p.937-938 (FR)
4. Toggenburg, Gabriel N.: Zur Unionsbürgerschaft: Inwieweit entzieht sich ihr Entzug der Unionskontrolle?, European Law Reporter 2010 p.165-172 (DE)
5. Behme, Caspar: Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2010 p.373-374 (DE)
6. Tewocht, Hannah: Unionsbürgerschaft, rückwirkender Verlust der durch Einbürgerung erworbenen Staatsangehörigkeit wegen betrügerischer Handlungen bei ihrem Erwerb, Staatenlosigkeit, Verlust der Unionsbürgerschaft, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik 2010 p.144-146 (DE)
7. Jessurun d'Oliveira, H.U.: Ontkoppeling van nationaliteit en Unieburgerschap?, Nederlands juristenblad 2010 p.1028-1033 (NL)
8. Kandalec, Pavel: Janko Rottman: Není občanství jako občanství, Jurisprudence : specialista na komentování judikatury 2010 p.52-56 (CS)
9. Borrás Rodríguez, Alegría ; Pellisé, Cristina: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea, Revista Jurídica de Catalunya 2010 p.289-290 (ES)
10. Fabbrini, Federico: La Corte di giustizia europea e la cittadinanza dell'Unione, Giornale di diritto amministrativo 2010 p.702-710 (IT)
11. Bartoloni, Maria Eugenia: Competenza degli Stati in materia di cittadinanza e limiti posti dal diritto dell'Unione europea : il caso Rottmann, Diritti umani e diritto internazionale 2010 p.423-429 (IT)
12. Burri, T. ; Pirker, B.: La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice et du Tribunal de première instance. Chronique des arrêts. Arrêt « Rottmann c. Freistaat Bayern », Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2010 nº 3 p. 651-654 (FR)
13. Cortés Martín, José Manuel: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Uníon Europea, Enero - Abril 2010, Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2010 nº 34 p.1-61 (ES)
14. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2010 nº 291 (NL)
15. Cariat, Nicolas: Le retrait de nationalité au regard du droit européen et international, Journal des tribunaux / droit européen 2010 nº 172 p.245-250 (FR)
16. De Groot, Gerard-René: Overwegingen over de Janko Rottmann-beslissing van het Europese Hof van Justitie, Asiel en Migrantenrecht 2010 p.293-300 (NL)
17. Oosterom-Staples, H.: Het internationale recht als beschermengen van de exclusieve bevoegdheden van lidstaten inzake verlies van nationaliteit?, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2010 p.188-194 (NL)
18. Cambien, Nathan: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2010 p.380-381 (NL)
19. Adobati, Enrica: E possibile che un soggetto diventi apolide e perda lo status di cittadino dell'Unione nel rispetto del principio di proporzionalità, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2010 p.291-292 (IT)
20. Kochenov, Dimitry: Case C-135/08, Janko Rottmann v. Freistaat Bayern, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 March 2010, nyr, Common Market Law Review 2010, Volume 47, Issue 6, p. 1831-1846 (EN)
21. Montanari, Laura: I limiti europei alla disciplina nazionale della cittadinanza, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2010 p.948-954 (IT)
22. Seling, Anja: Case C-135/08 Janko Rottmann v. Freistaat Bayern, Judgment of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of 2nd March 2010, nyr - Towards a direct "droit de regard"?, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2010, Volume 17, Issue 4, p. 470-478 (EN)
23. Banu, Mihai: Jurisprudența instanțelor uniunii europene. CJ, Marea Cameră, hotărârea din 2 martie 2010, cauza C-135/08, Rottmann, nepublicată încă în Repertoriu, Revista românã de drept comunitar 2010 nº 06 p.158-163 (RO)
24. Cortés Martín, José Manuel: Ciudadanía de la Unión, nacionalidad de los Estados Miembros y estatuto de apatridia. - STJUE (Gran Sala) de 2 de marzo de 2010, Rottman, C-135/08, Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2010 nº 36 p.599-602 (ES)
25. Iglesias Sánchez, Sara: TJUE - Sentencia de 2 de marzo de 2010 (Gran Sala), Janko Rottmann c. Freistaat Bayern, Asunto C-135/08 - "Ciudadanía de la Unión - Artículo 17 CE - Nacionalidad de un estado miembro adquirida por nacimiento y por naturalización - Pérdida de la nacionalidad de origen - Apatridia - Pérdida del estatuto de ciudadano de la Unión" - ¿Hacia una nueva relación entre la nacionalidad estatal y la ciudadanía europea?, Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2010 nº 37 p.933-950 (ES)
26. Magallón Elósegui, Nerea: La ciudadanía europea y la competencia de los Estados miembros en materia de nacionalidad - Comentario a la STJUE de 2 de marzo de 2010, Diario La ley 2010 nº 7520 p.5-10 (ES)
27. Magallón Elósegui, Nerea: Jurisprudencia española y comunitaria de derecho internacional privado - Ciudadanía de la Unión - STJUE (Gran Sala) Rottman c. Freistaat Bayern, 2 de marzo 2010, asunto C-135/08, Revista española de Derecho Internacional 2010 nº 1 p.197-200 (ES)
28. Hailbronner, Kay: Staatsangehörigkeit und Unionsrecht, Das Standesamt 2011 p.1-6 (DE)
29. Jessurun d'Oliveira, H.U.: Decision of 2 March 2010, Case C-135/08, Janko Rottman v. Freistaat Bayern - Case Note I - Decoupling Nationality and Union Citizenship?, European Constitutional Law Review 2011 Vol. 7 Issue 1 p.138-149 (EN)
30. De Groot, Gerard-René ; Seling, Anja: Decision of 2 March 2010, Case C-135/08, Janko Rottman v. Freistaat Bayern - Case Note II - The Consequences of the Rottman Judgment on Member State Autonomy - The European Court of Justice's Avant-Gardism in Nationality Matters, European Constitutional Law Review 2011 Vol. 7 Issue 1 p.150-160 (EN)
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32. Bernitz, Hedvig: Nationellt medborgarskap faller inom ramen för EU-rätten - EU-rätten skall tillämpas vid förvärv och förlust av nationellt medborgarskap i EU-länderna, Europarättslig tidskrift 2011 Nr 3 p.563-571 (SV)
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34. Mohay, Ágoston: A Rottmann-ügy - Újabb adalékok az uniós polgárság és a tagállami állampolgárság összefüggéseihez, Jogesetek Magyarázata 2011 nº 2 p.50-58 (HU)
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36. Carrera Hernández, F. Jesús: El ámbito de aplicación personal de la libre circulación de personas a examen: el asunto Rottmann [C-135/08] y la pérdida del estatuto de ciudadano de la Unión Europea, Estudios de Derecho Internacional y Derecho Europeo en homenaje al profesor Manuel Pérez González 2012 Tomo II p.1405-1417 (ES)
37. Aaviksoo, Berit: Petturlik hr Rottmann, föderaliseeruv Euroopa ja põhiseaduse aluspõhimõtted - poleemiline pastišš, Juridica: Tartu Ülikooli õigusteaduskonna ajakiri 2013 nº IV p. 223-233 (ET)
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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesverwaltungsgericht - Germany

Subject-matter

• Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
  
• - Citizenship of the Union
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Bayerisches Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (BayVwVfG), Paragraph 48 Bundesgesetz über die österreichische Staatsbürgerschaft (Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz 1985 – StbG), Paragraphen 27 und 28

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention sur la réduction des cas d'apatridie (30/08/1961), Art. 8 Abs. 2 Buchstabe b Convention européenne sur la nationalité (06/11/1997), Art. 7 Abs. 1 Buchstabe b

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

Grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ó Caoimh

Advocate General

Poiares Maduro

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French