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L. N. v Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtte (C-46/12)
Judgment
The question referred for a preliminar…
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L. N. v Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtte (C-46/12)

Judgment of 21 Feb 2013law://eu/cjeu/2012/c-46-12/para_25@2026-11-10

25It should be observed as a preliminary point that Article 20(1) TFEU confers on any person holding the nationality of a Member State the status of citizen of the Union.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-46/12 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:97
Decided: 21 Feb 2013
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Ankenævnet for Statens Uddannelsesstøtte (Denmark)
Applicant: L.N.
Defendant: Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtte
Rapporteur: A. Ó Caoimh
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 5 judges
M. Ilešič, E. Jarašiūnas, A. Ó Caoimh, C. Toader, C.G. Fernlund
Language: Danish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62012CJ0046

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Non-discrimination on grounds of nationality

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Interprets 3: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 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); Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community
Cited by 12: Jobcenter Krefeld - Widerspruchsstelle v JD (C-181/19); Eric Libert and Others v Gouvernement flamand (C‑197/11) and All Projects & Developments NV and Others v Vlaamse Regering (C‑203/11) (C-197/11, C-203/11)2 provisions; S v Familienkasse Niedersachsen-Bremen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (C-411/20); A v Latvijas Republikas Veselības ministrija (C-535/19); G. M. A. v État belge (C-710/19); Rafal Prefeta v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-618/16); FNV Kunsten Informatie en Media v Staat der Nederlanden (C-413/13); Elisabeta Dano and Florin Dano v Jobcenter Leipzig (C-333/13)2 provisions; Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-507/12); Andreas Ingemar Thiele Meneses v Region Hannover (C-220/12)2 provisions; Samantha Elrick v Bezirksregierung Köln (C-275/12)2 provisions; Laurence Prinz v Region Hannover (C‑523/11) and Philipp Seeberger v Studentenwerk Heidelberg (C‑585/11) (C-523/11, C-585/11)2 provisions
Cites 16: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)5 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); The Queen, on the application of Dany Bidar v London Borough of Ealing and Secretary of State for Education and Skills (C-209/03); Rudy Grzelczyk v Centre public d'aide sociale d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (C-184/99); María Martínez Sala v Freistaat Bayern (C-85/96); M. J. E. Bernini v Minister van Onderwijs en Wetenschappen (C-3/90); European Commission v Republic of Austria (C-75/11); Sylvie Lair v Universität Hannover (C-39/86); D.M. Levin v Staatssecretaris van Justitie (C-53/81); Steven Malcolm Brown v The Secretary of State for Scotland (C-197/86); Secretary of State for the Home Department v Hacene Akrich (C-109/01); Franca Ninni-Orasche v Bundesminister für Wissenschaft, Verkehr und Kunst (C-413/01); Deborah Lawrie-Blum v Land Baden-Württemberg (C-66/85); Athanasios Vatsouras and Josif Koupatantze v Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE) Nürnberg 900 (C-22/08); Marie-Nathalie D'Hoop v Office national de l'emploi (C-224/98); Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community