Case C‑716/22

EP

v

Préfet du Gers
and
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)

(Request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal judiciaire d’Auch)

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 April 2024

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the Union – National of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland residing in a Member State – Articles 20 and 22 TFEU – Right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament in the Member State of residence – Article 50 TEU – Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community – Consequences of the withdrawal of a Member State of the European Union – Removal from the electoral roll in the Member State of residence – Article 39 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Validity of Decision (EU) 2020/135)

  1. Citizenship of the Union – Provisions of the Treaty – Nationality of a Member State – Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and Euratom – Consequences – Loss of status of citizen of the Union – United Kingdom nationals who have exercised their right to reside in a Member State before the end of the transition period – Loss of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament in their Member State of residence

    (Arts 9 and 50 TEU; Arts 18, 20 to 22 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and from Euratom)

    (see paragraphs 37-62, operative part 1)

  2. Citizenship of the Union – Provisions of the Treaty – Nationality of a Member State – Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and Euratom – Decision 2020/135 – Validity – United Kingdom nationals who have exercised their right to reside in a Member State before the end of the transition period – No right to vote or to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament in their Member State of residence – No breach of EU law

    (Art. 6(3)TEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 1, 7, 11, 21, 39 and 41; Council Decision 2020/135)

    (see paragraphs 64-71, operative part 2)

See the text of the decision.