2.7.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 194/4 |
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 May 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus miesto 1 apylinkės teismas (Republic of Lithuania)) — Malgožata Runevič-Vardyn, Łukasz Paweł Wardyn v Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija, Lietuvos Respublikos teisingumo ministerija, Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija, Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracijos Teisės departamento Civilinės metrikacijos skyrius
(Case C-391/09) (1)
(Citizenship of the Union - Freedom to move and reside in the Member States - Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality - Articles 18 TFEU and 21 TFEU - Principle of equal treatment of persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin - Directive 2000/43/EC - National rules requiring that the surnames and forenames of natural persons must be entered on certificates of civil status in a form which complies with the rules governing the spelling of the official national language)
2011/C 194/04
Language of the case: Lithuanian
Referring court
Vilniaus miesto 1 apylinkės teismas
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: Malgožata Runevič-Vardyn, Łukasz Paweł Wardyn
Defendants: Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija, Lietuvos Respublikos teisingumo ministerija, Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija, Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracijos Teisės departamento Civilinės metrikacijos skyrius
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Interpretation of the first paragraph of Article 12 EC, of Article 18(1) EC, and of Article 2(2)(b) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (OJ 2000 L 180, p. 22) — National rules requiring that the surnames and forenames of persons of different nationality or citizenship must be entered on certificates of civil status issued by the State in question using the characters of the official language of that State
Operative part of the judgment
1. |
National rules which provide that a person’s surnames and forenames may be entered on the certificates of civil status of that State only in a form which complies with the rules governing the spelling of the official national language relate to a situation which does not come within the scope of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin; |
2. |
Article 21 TFEU must be interpreted as:
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