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Kunqian Catherine Zhu and Man Lavette Chen v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-200/02)
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The questions referred to the Court of…
The right of residence of a person in…
Article 18 EC and Directive 90/364
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Kunqian Catherine Zhu and Man Lavette Chen v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-200/02)

Judgment of 19 Oct 2004law://eu/cjeu/2002/c-200-02/para_25@2026-11-10

25By virtue of Article 17(1) EC, every person holding the nationality of a Member State is a citizen of the Union. Union citizenship is destined to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States (see, in particular, Baumbast and R, paragraph 82).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Full Court
Case: C-200/02 · ECLI:EU:C:2004:639
Decided: 19 Oct 2004
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Immigration Appellate Authority (United Kingdom)
Applicants: Kunqian Catherine Zhu; Man Lavette Chen
Defendant: Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rapporteur: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Advocate General: A. Tizzano
Bench: 10 judges
P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas, R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, C. Gulmann, R. Schintgen, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62002CJ0200

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Right of entry and residence

History · 1 version

19 Oct 2004Reading

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence
Cited by 17: Andy Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (C-621/18)2 provisions; YC v Stadt Wuppertal (C-130/24); VI v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (C-247/20); European Commission v Republic of Malta (C-181/23); Aleksandra Melnichenko v Council of the European Union (T-498/22); X v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-459/20); Proceedings relating to the extradition of BY (C-398/19); Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real v RH (C-836/18); TB v Bevándorlási és Menekültügyi Hivatal (C-519/18); Ermira Bajratari v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-93/18); Alfredo Rendón Marín v Administración del Estado (C-165/14)5 provisions; Secretary of State for the Home Department v NA (C-115/15); Kuldip Singh and Others v Minister for Justice and Equality (C-218/14); Adzo Domenyo Alokpa and Others v Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de l’Immigration (C-86/12)2 provisions; Pensionsversicherungsanstalt v Peter Brey (C-140/12)2 provisions; Yoshikazu Iida v Stadt Ulm (C-40/11)2 provisions; Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm) (C-34/09)
Cites 12: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Council Directive 73/148/EEC of 21 May 1973 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for nationals of Member States with regard to establishment and the provision of services; Carlos Garcia Avello v Belgian State (C-148/02); Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence; Mario Vicente Micheletti and others v Delegación del Gobierno en Cantabria (C-369/90); Centros Ltd v Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen (C-212/97); G. B. C. Echternach and A. Moritz v Minister van Onderwijs en Wetenschappen (389/87, 390/87); Udo Steymann v Staatssecretaris van Justitie (196/87); The Queen v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte: Manjit Kaur, intervener: Justice (C-192/99); Baumbast and R v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-413/99); Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community; Centre public d'aide sociale de Courcelles v Marie-Christine Lebon (316/85)