Judgment_paragraph 50 · SM v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section (C-129/18)

50That provision makes no express reference to the law of the Member States for the purpose of determining the meaning and scope of the concept of a ‘direct descendant’. In those circumstances, the need for a uniform application of EU law and the principle of equality require that the terms of that provision must normally be given an independent and uniform interpretation throughout the European Union (see, to that effect, judgment of 21 December 2011, Ziolkowski and Szeja, C‑424/10 and C‑425/10, EU:C:2011:866, paragraph 32).