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Elodie Giersch and Others v État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (C-20/12)
Judgment
The question referred for a preliminar…
The pursuit of a legitimate objective
53

Elodie Giersch and Others v État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (C-20/12)

Judgment of 20 Jun 2013law://eu/cjeu/2012/c-20-12/para_53@2026-11-10

53With regard to the social objective, it should be pointed out that the promotion of higher education is an objective in the public interest, acknowledged at the level of the European Union, as stated inter alia by the Austrian and Luxembourg Governments.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-20/12 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:411
Decided: 20 Jun 2013
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the tribunal administratif (Luxembourg)
Applicants: Elodie Giersch; Benjamin Marco Stemper and 3 more
Julien Taminiaux; Xavier Renaud Hodin; Joëlle Hodin
Defendant: État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Rapporteur: A. Rosas
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 5 judges
T. von Danwitz, A. Rosas, E. Juhász, D. Šváby, C. Vajda
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62012CJ0020

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Freedom of movement for workers

History · 1 version

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community
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Cites 21: Treaty on the Functioning 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); The Queen, on the application of Dany Bidar v London Borough of Ealing and Secretary of State for Education and Skills (C-209/03); Caves Krier Frères Sàrl v Directeur de l’Administration de l’emploi (C-379/11); Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community; Rhiannon Morgan v Bezirksregierung Köln and Iris Bucher v Landrat des Kreises Düren (C-11/06, C-12/06); European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands (C-542/09); Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (C-147/03); Michael Neukirchinger v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Grieskirchen (C-382/08); M. J. E. Bernini v Minister van Onderwijs en Wetenschappen (C-3/90); Nicolas Bressol and Others and Céline Chaverot and Others v Gouvernement de la Communauté française (C-73/08); Erich Ciola v Land Vorarlberg (C-224/97); Wendy Geven v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (C-213/05); H. Meints v Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij (C-57/96); Gertraud Hartmann v Freistaat Bayern (C-212/05); Georges Erny v Daimler AG - Werk Wörth (C-172/11); D. P. W. Hendrix v Raad van Bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen (C-287/05); Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (C-388/01); Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (C-269/07); Sylvie Lair v Universität Hannover (C-39/86); Centre public d'aide sociale de Courcelles v Marie-Christine Lebon (C-316/85)