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Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern (C-135/08)
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Concerning the questions referred
The first question referred and the fi…
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Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern (C-135/08)

Judgment of 2 Mar 2010law://eu/cjeu/2008/c-135-08/para_43@2026-11-11

43As the Court has several times stated, citizenship of the Union is intended to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States (Case C-184/99 Grzelczyk [2001] ECR I-6193, paragraph 31; Case C-413/99 Baumbast and R [2002] ECR I-7091, paragraph 82).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-135/08 · ECLI:EU:C:2010:104
Decided: 2 Mar 2010
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany)
Applicant: Janko Rottmann
Defendant: Freistaat Bayern
Rapporteur: A. Ó Caoimh
Advocate General: M. Poiares Maduro
Bench: 13 judges
V. Skouris, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, E. Levits, P. Lindh, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas, E. Juhász, G. Arestis, A. Borg Barthet, M. Ilešič, A. Ó Caoimh, L. Bay Larsen
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62008CJ0135

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Citizenship of the Union

History · 1 version

2 Mar 2010Reading

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions
Cited by 16: Andy Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (C-621/18)2 provisions; Aleksei Petruhhin v Latvijas Republikas Ģenerālprokuratūra (C-182/15); EP v Préfet du Gers and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) (C-673/20); V.М.А. v Stolichna obshtina, rayon „Pancharevo“ (C-490/20); R.S. v Minister for Justice (C-560/24); European Commission v Republic of Malta (C-181/23); European Commission v Czech Republic (C-808/21); European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-814/21); S.Ö. and Others v Stadt Duisburg and Others (C-684/22); X v Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet (C-689/21); JY v Wiener Landesregierung (C-118/20)3 provisions; M.G. Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (C-221/17)2 provisions; Hungary v Slovak Republic (C-364/10); Hristo Byankov v Glaven sekretar na Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti (C-249/11)2 provisions; Malgožata Runevič-Vardyn and Łukasz Paweł Wardyn v Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija and Others (C-391/09)2 provisions; Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm) (C-34/09)2 provisions
Cites 12: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; María Martínez Sala v Freistaat Bayern (C-85/96); Carlos Garcia Avello v Belgian State (C-148/02); Rudy Grzelczyk v Centre public d'aide sociale d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (C-184/99); Baumbast and R v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-413/99); Criminal proceedings against Horst Otto Bickel and Ulrich Franz (C-274/96); Egon Schempp v Finanzamt München V (C-403/03); Mario Vicente Micheletti and others v Delegación del Gobierno en Cantabria (C-369/90); Kingdom of Spain v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-145/04); Belgian State v Fatna Mesbah (C-179/98); The Queen v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte: Manjit Kaur, intervener: Justice (C-192/99); Kunqian Catherine Zhu and Man Lavette Chen v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-200/02)