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Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm) (C-34/09)
Judgment
The questions referred for a prelimina…
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Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm) (C-34/09)

Judgment of 8 Mar 2011law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-34-09/para_43@2026-11-11

43A refusal to grant a right of residence to a third country national with dependent minor children in the Member State where those children are nationals and reside, and also a refusal to grant such a person a work permit, has such an effect.

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-34/09 · ECLI:EU:C:2011:124
Decided: 8 Mar 2011
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunal du travail de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Applicant: Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano
Defendant: Office national de l’emploi (ONEm)
Rapporteur: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 13 judges
V. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Rosas, M. Ilešič, J. Malenovský, U. Lõhmus, E. Levits, A. Ó Caoimh, L. Bay Larsen, M. Berger
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62009CJ0034

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Non-discrimination on grounds of nationality Right of entry and residence

History · 1 version

8 Mar 2011Reading

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions
Cited by 11: E.K. v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-624/20); M.D. v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság& (C-528/21)2 provisions; Denis Raugevicius (C-247/17); YC v Stadt Wuppertal (C-130/24)2 provisions; Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-673/16); V v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-147/24)2 provisions; X v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-459/20)2 provisions; Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo v XU and QP (C-451/19); K.A. and Others v Belgische Staat (C-82/16)6 provisions; H.C. Chavez-Vilchez and Others v Raad van bestuur van de Sociale verzekeringsbank and Others (C-133/15)5 provisions; Secretary of State for the Home Department v CS (C-304/14)2 provisions
Cites 9: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; 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); Rudy Grzelczyk v Centre public d'aide sociale d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (C-184/99); Carlos Garcia Avello v Belgian State (C-148/02); Baumbast and R v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-413/99); Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern (C-135/08); Kunqian Catherine Zhu and Man Lavette Chen v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-200/02); Marie-Nathalie D'Hoop v Office national de l'emploi (C-224/98)