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Document 62009CJ0157
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 December 2011.#European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 43 EC - Freedom of establishment - Notaries - Nationality requirement - Article 45 EC - Connection with the exercise of official authority.#Case C-157/09.
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 December 2011.
European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 43 EC - Freedom of establishment - Notaries - Nationality requirement - Article 45 EC - Connection with the exercise of official authority.
Case C-157/09.
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 December 2011.
European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 43 EC - Freedom of establishment - Notaries - Nationality requirement - Article 45 EC - Connection with the exercise of official authority.
Case C-157/09.
European Court Reports 2011 -00000
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2011:794
- Date of document:
- 01/12/2011
- Date lodged:
- 07/05/2009
- Author:
- Court of Justice
- Country or organisation from which the request originates:
- Netherlands
- Form:
- Judgment
- Authentic language:
- Dutch
- Type of procedure:
- Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
- Applicant:
- European Commission, EU institutions and bodies
- Defendant:
- Netherlands, EU Member States
- Judge-Rapporteur:
- Arabadjiev
- Advocate General:
- Cruz Villalón
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- Case affecting:
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- Failure concerning 11997E043
- Instruments cited in case law:
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- 11997E039-P4: N 88
- 11997E043: N 1 46 47 50 52 - 55 70 91
- 11997E045: N 1
- 11997E045-L1: N 55 - 59 65 73 84 87 - 90
- 32004R0805: N 87
- 61974CJ0002: N 50 56 58 59 72
- 61983CJ0270: N 52 53
- 61986CJ0147: N 56 57
- 61992CJ0042: N 58 59 61 74
- 61997CJ0114: N 57 - 59
- 61997CJ0260: N 89
- 62001CJ0405: N 88
- 62002CJ0047: N 59
- 62003CJ0451: N 57 - 59
- 62005CJ0393: N 57 59
- 62005CJ0404: N 57 - 59
- 62007CJ0161: N 51 52
- 62008CJ0047: N 50 51 53 61 65 66 69 - 71 73 74 78 82 88
- 62008CJ0050: N 65 66 69 - 71 73 74 78 88
- 62008CJ0051: N 65 66 69 - 71 73 74 78 82 88
- 62008CJ0053: N 56 66 69 - 71 73 74 76 78 82 83 88
- 62008CJ0054: N 65 66 69 - 71 73 74 76 78 82 88
- 62008CJ0061: N 65 66 69 - 71 73 74 78 82 88
- 62008CJ0438: N 56 - 59
- Notes relating to the decision:
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- 3. Slot, P.J.: Oefent een notaris openbaar gezag uit?, Ars aequi 2012 p.142-143 (NL)
- 1. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2012 nº 41 (NL)
- 4. X: Europees Recht 1963-1979; Jurisprudentie en Annotaties (Ed. Ars Aequi Libri - Utrecht) 2012 p.316-317 (NL)
- 2. Michel, Valérie: Les notaires ne participent à l'exercice de l'autorité publique, Europe 2012 Février Comm. nº 2 p.27 (FR)
- 5. Sap, Jan Willem ; Smit, Marije: Ars Aequi Jurisprudentie Europeese Recht (3e druk) 2015 p.416-417 (NL)
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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 December 2011 – Commission v Netherlands
(Case C-157/09)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 43 EC – Freedom of establishment – Notaries – Condition of nationality – Article 45 EC – Connection with the exercise of official authority
Freedom of movement for persons – Freedom of establishment – Freedom to provide services – Derogations – Activities connected with the exercise of official authority – Notarial activities – Excluded – Condition of nationality for access to the profession of notary – Unlawful (Arts 43 EC and 45, first para., EC) (see paras 55, 57-58, 60-65, 67-69, 73-74, 76-78, 80-86, 90)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Articles 43 EC and 45 EC – Access to and practice of the profession of notary – Condition of nationality – Connection with the exercise of official authority. |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Declares that, by imposing a condition of nationality for access to the profession of notary, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 43 EC; |
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2. |
Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs; |
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3. |
Orders the Republic of Slovenia to bear its own costs. |
