32Although, as EU 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 nonetheless, when exercising that competence, comply with EU 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 judgments of 2 October 2003 in Garcia Avello, C‑148/02, EU:C:2003:539, paragraph 25; of 14 October 2008 in Grunkin and Paul, C‑353/06, EU:C:2008:559, paragraph 16; and of 22 December 2010 in Sayn-Wittgenstein, C‑208/09, EU:C:2010:806, paragraphs 38 and 39, and of 12 May 2011 in Runevič-Vardyn and Wardyn, C‑391/09, EU:C:2011:291, paragraph 63).
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