Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 10 September 2019

Nalini Chenchooliah v Minister for Justice and Equality

Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Irlande)

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Citizenship of the Union — Article 21 TFUE — Right of Union citizens and their family members to move and reside freely in the territory of a Member State — Directive 2004/38/EC — Article 3(1) and Articles 15, 27, 28, 30 and 31 — Definition of ‘beneficiary’ — Third-country national, the spouse of a Union citizen who has exercised his right to freedom of movement — Return of the Union citizen to the Member State of which he is a national, where he is serving a prison sentence — Requirements imposed on the host Member State under Directive 2004/38/EC when making a decision to remove such a third-country national

Case C-94/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
25/10/2019 Chenchooliah
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:693
10/09/2019 Chenchooliah
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2019:693
10/09/2019 Chenchooliah
Application (OJ)
13/04/2018 Chenchooliah
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:433
21/05/2019 Chenchooliah
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

Information not available

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
      1.09.03.03 Procedural guarantees
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
      1.09.03.02 Restrictions justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health
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
      1.09.03.03 Procedural guarantees


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 12/02/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 21/05/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

10/09/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 383 from 11.11.2019, p.18

Application: OJ C 152 from 30.04.2018, p.15

Name of the parties

Chenchooliah

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Ritleng, Dominique: Scope and meaning of Article 15 of Directive 2004/38: Yes but no: Chenchooliah, Common Market Law Review 2020, n° 4, p. 1183-1200 (EN)
  2. Eijken, Hanneke ; Kroeze, Hester H.C.: Beperkingen van het verblijfsrecht van EU-burgers en hun familieleden in de lidstaten van de EU : uit het oog, maar niet uit het hart?, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2020 p. 106-113 (NL)
  3. Pfersich, Andreas: Unionsbürgerschaft, Recht der Unionsbürger und ihrer Familienangehörigen, sich im Hoheitsgebiet eines Mitgliedstaats frei zu bewegen und aufzuhalten, Begriff des Berechtigten, mit einem Unionsbürger verheirateter Drittstaatsangehöriger, Rückkehr des Unionsbürgers in den Staat seiner Staatsbürgerschaft, Freiheitsstrafe, Ausweisung des Drittstaatsangehörigen EZAR NF 14 Nr. 59 : Anmerkung, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik 2020 p. 198-199 (DE)
  4. Réveillère, Vincent: Séjourner sur le territoire de l'Union (dans un autre État membre), Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2020, n° 3, p. 734-739 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

High Court (Irlande) - Ireland

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

Grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Prechal

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French