Reports of Cases

2004 I-09925

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling ─ Immigration Appellate Authority ─ Interpretation of Council Directive 73/148/EEC of 21 May 1973 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for nationals of Member States with regard to establishment and the provision of services (OJ 1973 L 172, p. 14) and Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence (OJ 1990 L 180, p. 26) ─ Right of residence in the United Kingdom of a minor who is the national of another Member State (Ireland) and whose parents are nationals of a non-Member country (China) ─ Right of residence of the mother and child

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17 -P1 : paragraph 25
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 18 : paragraphs 1, 16, 20, 24, 32, 33, 41, 45 - 47
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 18 -P1 : paragraphs 15, 26
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 49 : paragraph 20
• Directive 73/148 : paragraphs 1, 16, 20, 21, 24
• Directive 73/148 -A01 : paragraphs 3, 15
• Directive 73/148 -A01P2LB : paragraph 42
• Directive 73/148 -A04P2 : paragraph 4
• Directive 73/148 -A04P2L1 : paragraph 23
• Directive 90/364 : paragraphs 1, 16, 20, 24, 32, 33, 41, 44 - 47
• Directive 90/364 -A01 : paragraphs 5, 15
• Directive 90/364 -A01P1 : paragraphs 27, 30
• Regulation 1612/68 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -148/02 : paragraphs 19, 20, 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -369/90 : paragraphs 37, 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/99 : paragraph 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -389/87 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -196/87 : paragraph 22
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/99 : paragraphs 20, 25, 26, 32, 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -316/85 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/97 : paragraph 34

Operative part

• Interprets : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 18
• Interprets : Directive 90/364

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 12 : points 97, 106, 107
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17 : point 2
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 17 -P2
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 18 : points 2, 47, 51, 52, 56, 62, 63, 73, 95, 99, 107, 119, 120
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 18 -P1 : point 22
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 49 : points 47, 48, 50
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 8A : point 73
  
• Directive 73/148 : points 3, 56, 87
  
• Directive 73/148 -A01 : points 4, 22
  
• Directive 73/148 -A01P1LB : point 80
  
• Directive 73/148 -A01P1LD : point 81
  
• Directive 73/148 -A04P2L1 : points 5, 60
  
• Directive 90/364 : points 56, 62, 64, 69, 73, 87, 95, 99, 107, 119
  
• Directive 90/364 -A01 : points 6, 22, 51, 65, 78
  
• Directive 90/364 -A01P1 : point 80
  
• Directive 90/364 -A01P2LB : point 81
  
• Directive 90/364 -C4 : point 72
  
• Regulation 1612/68 -A12 : point 53
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2000) -A45 : point 119
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -235/87 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -36/75 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -148/02 : points 33, 100
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -369/90 : points 38, 128
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/99 : points 38, 128
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -286/82 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -186/87 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -389/87 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -196/87 : point 59
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/95 : point 59
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/99 : points 75, 91
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -259/91 : point 75
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -316/85 : point 82
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/00 : point 94
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/97 : points 109, 113, 114
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -212/97 : point 113
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -110/99 : point 114
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -436/00 : point 114
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -63/99 : points 116, 122
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 30/05/2002

Date of the Opinion

• 18/05/2004

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/10/2004

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 180 from 27.07.2002, p.12

Judgment: OJ C 300 from 04.12.2004, p.7

Name of the parties

Zhu and Chen

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Gautier, Marie: Revue des affaires européennes 2003, n° 4, p. 673-680 (FR)
2. Simon, Denys: Droit de séjour: les tribulations d'une Chinoise et de sa fille au Royaume-Uni. Un enfant ayant la nationalité d'un Etat membre est un citoyen communautaire bénéficiaire du droit de séjour sur le territoire d'un autre Etat membre et sa mère dispose d'un droit de séjour dérivé, Europe 2004 Décembre Comm. nº 401 p.14-16 (FR)
3. Robert, Pierre: Revue du droit des étrangers 2004 p.645-654 (FR)
4. Kotschy, B.: Citoyenneté. Arrêt "Bébé Chen", Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2004 nº 3 p. 589-591 (FR)
5. Hühn, Uta: Unionsbürger aus dem Reich der Mitte, European Law Reporter 2005 p. 12-14 (DE)
6. Verschueren, Herwig: Gezinshereniging met EU-burgers door derdelandsonderdanen. Twee opmerkelijke arresten van het Europese Hof van Justitie in de zaken Akrich en Zhu en Chen, Tijdschrift voor vreemdelingenrecht 2005 p.113-124 (NL)
7. Barnard, Catherine: Of Students and Babies, The Cambridge Law Journal 2005 p.560-563 (EN)
8. Hofstötter, Bernhard: A cascade of rights, or who shall care for little Catherine? Some reflections on the Chen case, European Law Review 2005, Volume 30, Issue 4, p. 548-558 (EN)
9. Carlier, Jean-Yves: Case C-200/02, Kunqian Catherine Zhu, Man Lavette Chen v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Common Market Law Review 2005, Volume 42, Issue 4, p. 1121-1131 (EN)
10. Tryfonidou, Alina: C-200/02, Kunqian Catherine Zhu and Man Lavette Chen v. Secretary of State for the Home Department: Further Cracks in the "Great Wall" of the European Union?, European Public Law 2005 p.527-541 (EN)
11. Luby, Monique: La citoyenneté européenne: Quand les mots ont enfin un sens!, Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2005 nº 94 p.8-11 (FR)
12. Perin, Giulia: In margine alla sentenza Chen: il diritto di circolazione dei familiari di cittadini comunitari, Diritto Immagrazione e Cittadinanza 2005 p. 89-97 (IT)
13. Vanvoorden, Kristien: The Columbia Journal of European Law 2005 p.305-321 (EN)
14. Ferrer Lloret, Jaume: El ejercicio de los derechos de la ciudadanía de la UE: libre circulación y residencia. Comentario a la Sentencia del TJCE de 19 de octubre de 2004 (Chen contra Secretary of State for the Home Department, asunto C-200/02)., Revista General de Derecho Europeo 2005, nº 6, p. 1-21 (ES)
15. Bergamini, Elisabetta: Il difficile equilibrio fra riconoscimento del diritto alla libera circolazione, rispetto della vita familiare e abuso del diritto, Il diritto dell'Unione Europea 2006 p.347-368 (IT)
16. Kunoy, Bjørn: A Union of National Citizens: the Origins of the Court's Lack of Avant-Gardisme in the Chen Case, Common Market Law Review 2006, Volume 43, Issue 1, p. 179-190 (EN)
17. Ruhs, Christian: Zulässige Beschränkungen der Freizügigkeit der Studenten, Rechtsfragen des Europäischen Hochschulraumes 2009 p.119-143 (DE)
18. Aiello, Giuseppe Francesco ; Lamonaca, Sara: Diritto di soggiorno dei familiari del cittadino europeo: erosione del limite delle situazioni puramente interne e delimitazione del nucleo essenziale del diritto di cittadinanza, Rivista italiana di diritto pubblico comunitario 2012 p.321-348 (IT)
19. Carlier, Jean-Yves: La libre circulation des personnes. dans l’Union européenne, Journal de droit européen 2014 nº 208 p.167-179 (FR)
20. Kochenov, Dimitry ; Lindeboom, Justin: Breaking Chinese Law - Making European One. The Story of Chen, or Two Winners, Two Losers, Two Truths, EU law stories: contextual and critical histories of European jurisprudence (Ed. Cambridge University Press) 2017, p. 201-223 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Immigration Appellate Authority - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

• Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
  
• - Citizenship of the Union
  
• - Right of entry and residence
  

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

Assemblée plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Cunha Rodrigues

Advocate General

Tizzano

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian