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Carlos Garcia Avello v Belgian State (C-148/02)
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Carlos Garcia Avello v Belgian State (C-148/02)

Judgment of 2 Oct 2003law://eu/cjeu/2002/c-148-02/para_21@2026-11-11

21Article 17 EC confers the status of citizen of the Union on every person holding the nationality of a Member State (see, in particular, Case C-224/98 D'Hoop [2002] ECR I-6191, paragraph 27). Since Mr Garcia Avello's children possess the nationality of two Member States, they also enjoy that status.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Full Court
Case: C-148/02 · ECLI:EU:C:2003:539
Decided: 2 Oct 2003
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Carlos Garcia Avello
Defendant: État belge
Rapporteur: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Advocate General: F.G. Jacobs
Bench: 12 judges
M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen, C.W.A. Timmermans (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, P. Jann, V. Skouris, F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, A. Rosas
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62002CJ0148

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Citizenship of the Union Non-discrimination on grounds of nationality

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2 Oct 2003Reading

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions
Cited by 16: M.-A.A. v Direcţia de Evidenţă a Persoanelor Cluj and Others (C-4/23)2 provisions; Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-673/16); Proceedings brought by Mircea Florian Freitag (C-541/15); I. J. v VĮ Registrų centras (C-789/23); European Commission v Republic of Malta (C-181/23); Proceedings relating to the extradition of BY (C-398/19); Alfredo Rendón Marín v Administración del Estado (C-165/14)2 provisions; Nabiel Peter Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff v Standesamt der Stadt Karlsruhe and Zentraler Juristischer Dienst der Stadt Karlsruhe (C-438/14)2 provisions; Hungary v Slovak Republic (C-364/10)2 provisions; Malgožata Runevič-Vardyn and Łukasz Paweł Wardyn v Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija and Others (C-391/09)2 provisions; Shirley McCarthy v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-434/09)2 provisions; Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm) (C-34/09)2 provisions; Ilonka Sayn-Wittgenstein v Landeshauptmann von Wien (C-208/09); Nicolas Bressol and Others and Céline Chaverot and Others v Gouvernement de la Communauté française (C-73/08)2 provisions; Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern (C-135/08)2 provisions; Arthur Gottwald v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Bregenz (C-103/08)
Cites 10: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Rudy Grzelczyk v Centre public d'aide sociale d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (C-184/99); Criminal proceedings against Horst Otto Bickel and Ulrich Franz (C-274/96); Mario Vicente Micheletti and others v Delegación del Gobierno en Cantabria (C-369/90); The Queen v Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte, National Farmers' Union and Others (C-354/95); Eftalia Dafeki v Landesversicherungsanstalt Württemberg (C-336/94); Ursula Elsen v Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte (C-135/99); Land Nordrhein-Westfalen v Kari Uecker and Vera Jacquet v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (C-64/96, C-65/96); Marie-Nathalie D'Hoop v Office national de l'emploi (C-224/98); Baumbast and R v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-413/99)