38In the present case, the refusal by the German authorities to recognise the change of forenames and surname of a German national, obtained under the legislation of another Member State of which that national also holds the nationality, is likely to constitute such a restriction. However, according to the Court’s case-law, in order to constitute a restriction on the freedoms recognised by Article 21 TFEU, the refusal to amend the forenames and surname of a national of a Member State and to recognise the forenames and surname which he has acquired in another Member State must be liable to cause him ‘serious inconvenience’ at administrative, professional and private levels (see, to that effect, judgment of 12 May 2011 in Runevič-Vardyn and Wardyn, C‑391/09, EU:C:2011:291, paragraph 76 and the case-law cited).
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