Malgožata Runevič-Vardyn and Łukasz Paweł Wardyn v Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija and Others (C-391/09)

Judgment of 12 May 2011

law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-391-09/para_63@2026-11-12

63Although, as European Union law stands at present, the rules governing the way in which a person’s surname and forename are entered on certificates of civil status are matters coming within the competence of the Member States, the latter must none the less, when exercising that competence, comply with European Union law, and in particular with the Treaty provisions on the freedom of every citizen of the Union to move and reside in the territory of the Member States (see, to that effect, Case C-148/02 Garcia Avello [2003] ECR I-11613, paragraphs 25 and 26; Case C-353/06 Grunkin and Paul [2008] ECR I-7639, paragraph 16; and Case C-208/09 Sayn-Wittgenstein [2010] ECR I-13693, paragraphs 38 and 39).

Malgožata Runevič-Vardyn and Łukasz Paweł Wardyn v Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija and Others (C-391/09)

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