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Toufik Lounes v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-165/16)
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Consideration of the question referred
Interpretation of Article 21(1) TFEU
52

Toufik Lounes v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-165/16)

Judgment of 14 Nov 2017law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-165-16/para_52@2026-11-10

52The rights which nationals of Member States enjoy under that provision include the right to lead a normal family life, together with their family members, in the host Member State (see, by analogy, judgment of 25 July 2008, Metock and Others, C‑127/08, EU:C:2008:449, paragraph 62).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-165/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2017:862
Decided: 14 Nov 2017
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) (United Kingdom)
Applicant: Toufik Lounes
Defendant: Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rapporteur: A. Tizzano
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 15 judges
K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, R. Silva de Lapuerta, M. Ilešič, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, J. Malenovský, E. Levits, C.G. Fernlund, C. Vajda, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, S. Rodin, F. Biltgen, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0165

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); 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)
Cited by 18: College van Burgemeester en Wethouders van de gemeente Amersfoort v X BV and Visser Vastgoed Beleggingen BV v Raad van de gemeente Appingedam (C-360/15, C-31/16); Jakub Cupriak-Trojan and Mateusz Trojan v Wojewoda Mazowiecki (C-713/23)2 provisions; Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-673/16)2 provisions; R.S. v Minister for Justice (C-560/24)2 provisions; B v Niedersächsischer Zweckverband zur Approbationserteilung (NiZzA) (C-573/24); XXX v État belge (C-607/21); European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-814/21); European Commission v Czech Republic (C-808/21); GV v Chief Appeals Officer and Others (C-488/21); X v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-459/20); JY v Wiener Landesregierung (C-118/20); Criminal proceedings against A (C-35/20); Colin Brown v European Commission (T-18/19); Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real v RH (C-836/18); Nalini Chenchooliah v Minister for Justice and Equality (C-94/18); TopFit e.V. and Daniele Biffi v Deutscher Leichtathletikverband e.V (C-22/18); ‘TTL’ EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika’ - Sofia (C-553/16); Ibrahima Diallo v État belge (C-246/17)
Cites 11: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); 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); Proceedings brought by Mircea Florian Freitag (C-541/15); The Queen, on the application of Sean Ambrose McCarthy and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-202/13); Yoshikazu Iida v Stadt Ulm (C-40/11); Alfredo Rendón Marín v Administración del Estado (C-165/14); H.C. Chavez-Vilchez and Others v Raad van bestuur van de Sociale verzekeringsbank and Others (C-133/15); O. v Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel and Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel v B (C-456/12); Blaise Baheten Metock and Others v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (C-127/08); Opinion of the Advocate General (C-165/16); Shirley McCarthy v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-434/09)