40As regards the condition of the existence of a threat to public security, it must be observed that, in contrast inter alia to Article 27(2) of 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 (OJ 2004 L 158, p. 7, and corrigenda OJ 2004 L 229, p. 35, and OJ 2005 L 197, p. 34), which requires that a measure taken in the name of public security must be based exclusively on the personal conduct of the individual concerned and that that conduct must represent a ‘genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat’ to that fundamental interest of society (see, inter alia, judgments of 22 May 2012, I, C‑348/09, EU:C:2012:300, paragraph 30; of 13 September 2016, Rendón Marin, C‑165/14, EU:C:2016:675, paragraph 84; and of 13 September 2016, CS, C‑304/14, EU:C:2016:674, paragraph 40), it is apparent from Article 6(1)(d) of Directive 2004/114, read in the light of recital 14 of that directive, that the admission of a third country national may be refused if the national authorities competent to process that national’s application for a visa consider, on the basis of an assessment of the facts, that he is a threat, if only ‘potential’, to public security. That assessment may thus take into account not only the personal conduct of the applicant but also other elements relating, in particular, to his professional career.
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