Judgment_paragraph 31 · Nicolas Bressol and Others and Céline Chaverot and Others v Gouvernement de la Communauté française (C-73/08)

31Furthermore, the Court’s case-law makes clear that every citizen of the Union may rely on Article 18 TFEU, which prohibits any discrimination on grounds of nationality, in all situations falling within the scope ratione materiae of European Union law, those situations including the exercise of the freedom conferred by Article 21 TFEU to move and reside within the territory of the Member States (see, to that effect, Case C-148/02 Garcia Avello [2003] ECR I-11613, paragraph 24; Case C-209/03 Bidar [2005] ECR I-2119, paragraphs 32 and 33; and Case C-158/07 Förster [2008] ECR I-8507, paragraphs 36 and 37).