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Land Baden-Württemberg v Panagiotis Tsakouridis (C-145/09)
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45

Land Baden-Württemberg v Panagiotis Tsakouridis (C-145/09)

Judgment of 23 Nov 2010law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-145-09/para_45@2026-11-12

45It does not follow that objectives such as the fight against crime in connection with dealing in narcotics as part of an organised group are necessarily excluded from that concept.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-145/09 · ECLI:EU:C:2010:708
Decided: 23 Nov 2010
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Applicant: Land Baden-Württemberg
Defendant: Panagiotis Tsakouridis
Rapporteur: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 13 judges
V. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, D. Šváby, A. Rosas, J. Malenovský, U. Lõhmus, E. Levits, A. Ó Caoimh, L. Bay Larsen, M. Berger
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62009CJ0145

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Right of entry and residence

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23 Nov 2010Reading

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Interprets 1: Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 13: Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Others and Kärntner Landesregierung and Others (C-293/12, C-594/12)2 provisions; Società Consortile Fonografici (SCF) v Marco Del Corso (C-135/10); E v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Álava (C-193/16)2 provisions; SF (C-314/18); K. v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie and H.F. v Belgische Staat (C-331/16, C-366/16)2 provisions; B v Land Baden-Württemberg and Secretary of State for the Home Department v Franco Vomero (C-316/16, C-424/16); Sahar Fahimian v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-544/15); Secretary of State for the Home Department v CS (C-304/14)2 provisions; Alfredo Rendón Marín v Administración del Estado (C-165/14); H. T. v Land Baden-Württemberg (C-373/13); Secretary of State for the Home Department v M. G (C-400/12)2 provisions; P.I. v Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Remscheid (C-348/09)2 provisions; Nural Ziebell v Land Baden-Württemberg (C-371/08)2 provisions
Cites 18: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (Text with EEA relevance); Regina v Pierre Bouchereau (30/77); Gintec International Import-Export GmbH v Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV (C-374/05); Campus Oil Limited and others v Minister for Industry and Energy and others (72/83); Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (C-398/98); Alexander Dory v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-186/01); Tanja Kreil v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-285/98); Angela Maria Sirdar v The Army Board and Secretary of State for Defence (C-273/97); Wilfried Wolf v Hauptzollamt Düsseldorf (221/81); Georgios Orfanopoulos and Others and Raffaele Oliveri v Land Baden-Württemberg (C-482/01, C-493/01); J. McB. v L. E. (C-400/10 PPU); Blaise Baheten Metock and Others v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (C-127/08); Alfredo Albore (C-423/98); Criminal proceedings against Donatella Calfa (C-348/96); Fritz Werner Industrie-Ausrüstungen GmbH v Federal Republic of Germany (C-70/94); Régina v Pierre Bouchereau (C-30/77); Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Taous Lassal (C-162/09)