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Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-673/16)
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Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-673/16)

Judgment of 5 Jun 2018law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-673-16/para_46@2026-11-10

46Accordingly, an obligation to recognise such marriages for the sole purpose of granting a derived right of residence to a third-country national does not undermine the national identity or pose a threat to the public policy of the Member State concerned.

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-673/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:385
Decided: 5 Jun 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Curtea Constituţională (Constitutional Court, Romania)
Applicants: Relu Adrian Coman; Robert Clabourn Hamilton; Asociaţia Accept
Defendants: Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări; Ministerul Afacerilor Interne
Intervener: Consiliul Naţional pentru Combaterea Discriminării
Rapporteur: M. Ilešič
Advocate General: M. Wathelet
Bench: 15 judges
K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, R. Silva de Lapuerta, M. Ilešič, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, A. Rosas, C.G. Fernlund, C. Vajda, E. Juhász, A. Arabadjiev, M. Safjan, D. Šváby, M. Berger, E. Jarašiūnas, E. Regan
Language: Romanian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0673

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Charter of Fundamental Rights Citizenship of the Union Freedom of establishment Principles of Union law

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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 21: Ligue des droits humains ASBL v Conseil des ministres (C-817/19); M.-A.A. v Direcţia de Evidenţă a Persoanelor Cluj and Others (C-4/23); Proceedings brought by RS (C-430/21)2 provisions; Fremoluc NV v Agentschap voor Grond- en Woonbeleid voor Vlaams-Brabant (Vlabinvest ABP) and Others (C-343/17); Jakub Cupriak-Trojan and Mateusz Trojan v Wojewoda Mazowiecki (C-713/23)2 provisions; Neculai Tarola v Minister for Social Protection (C-483/17); SM v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section (C-129/18); Denis Raugevicius (C-247/17); YC v Stadt Wuppertal (C-130/24); V.М.А. v Stolichna obshtina, rayon „Pancharevo“ (C-490/20); Criminal proceedings against ZW (C-454/19); K. M. H. v Obshtina Stara Zagora (C-43/24); B v Niedersächsischer Zweckverband zur Approbationserteilung (NiZzA) (C-573/24); SN and Others v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-540/22); E.D.L (C-699/21); Criminal proceedings against A (C-35/20); Santen SAS v Directeur général de l’Institut national de la propriété industrielle (C-673/18); G.S. and V.G. v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-381/18, C-382/18); Secretary of State for the Home Department v Rozanne Banger (C-89/17); Erdem Deha Altiner and Isabel Hanna Ravn v Udlændingestyrelsen (C-230/17)2 provisions; MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-451/16)
Cites 20: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)5 provisions; Treaty on 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); Rudy Grzelczyk v Centre public d'aide sociale d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (C-184/99); Carlos Garcia Avello v Belgian State (C-148/02); Toufik Lounes v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-165/16); E v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Álava (C-193/16); Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm) (C-34/09); H.C. Chavez-Vilchez and Others v Raad van bestuur van de Sociale verzekeringsbank and Others (C-133/15); Rhiannon Morgan v Bezirksregierung Köln and Iris Bucher v Landrat des Kreises Düren (C-11/06, C-12/06); Nabiel Peter Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff v Standesamt der Stadt Karlsruhe and Zentraler Juristischer Dienst der Stadt Karlsruhe (C-438/14); Stefan Grunkin and Dorothee Regina Paul (C-353/06); David L. Parris v Trinity College Dublin and Others (C-443/15); B. Martens v Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (C-359/13); Laurence Prinz v Region Hannover (C‑523/11) and Philipp Seeberger v Studentenwerk Heidelberg (C‑585/11) (C-523/11, C-585/11); Tadao Maruko v Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen (C-267/06); Blaise Baheten Metock and Others v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (C-127/08); The Queen, on the application of Sean Ambrose McCarthy and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-202/13); O. v Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel and Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel v B (C-456/12)