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Aleksei Petruhhin v Latvijas Republikas Ģenerālprokuratūra (C-182/15)
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Aleksei Petruhhin v Latvijas Republikas Ģenerālprokuratūra (C-182/15)

Judgment of 6 Sept 2016law://eu/cjeu/2015/c-182-15/para_29@2026-11-10

29By prohibiting ‘any discrimination on grounds of nationality’, Article 18 TFEU requires that persons in a situation falling within the scope of application of the Treaties be treated equally (see, to that effect, judgment of 2 February 1989 in Cowan, 186/87, EU:C:1989:47, paragraph 10).

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-182/15 · ECLI:EU:C:2016:630
Decided: 6 Sept 2016
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Augstākā tiesa (Supreme Court, Latvia)
Rapporteur: C.G. Fernlund
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 13 judges
K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, R. Silva de Lapuerta, M. Ilešič, L. Bay Larsen, A. Arabadjiev, C. Toader, F. Biltgen, E. Levits, J.‑C. Bonichot, M. Safjan, C.G. Fernlund, S. Rodin
Language: Latvian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62015CJ0182

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Charter of Fundamental Rights Non-discrimination on grounds of nationality Right of entry and residence

History · 1 version

6 Sept 2016Reading

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions
Cited by 11: Ruska Federacija v I.N (C-897/19 PPU)8 provisions; QY v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-753/22); A (C-352/22); Criminal proceedings against ZW (C-454/19); WS v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-505/19); Ministère public v KN (C-219/25 PPU); MA (C-202/24); Generalstaatsanwaltschaft München v S.M (C-237/21)2 provisions; Criminal proceedings against AB and Others (C-203/20); Proceedings relating to the extradition of BY (C-398/19)7 provisions; SF (C-314/18)
Cites 13: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; The Queen, on the application of Dany Bidar v London Borough of Ealing and Secretary of State for Education and Skills (C-209/03); Åklagaren v Hans Åkerberg Fransson (C-617/10); Pál Aranyosi and Robert Căldăraru v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Bremen (C-404/15, C-659/15 PPU); Ian William Cowan v Trésor public (186/87); Aleksei Petruhhin v Latvijas Republikas Ģenerālprokuratūra (C-182/15); SC Capoda Import-Export SRL v Registrul Auto Român and Benone-Nicolae Bejan (C-354/14); Zoran Spasic (C-129/14 PPU); Malgožata Runevič-Vardyn and Łukasz Paweł Wardyn v Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija and Others (C-391/09); Criminal proceedings against Artur Leymann and Aleksei Pustovarov (C-388/08); Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern (C-135/08)