Judgment_paragraph 101 · EP v Préfet du Gers and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) (C-673/20)

101Thirdly, as regards the circumstance, referred to by the referring court, that certain United Kingdom nationals, such as EP, who exercised their right to reside in a Member State in accordance with EU law before the end of the transition period, are deprived of their right to vote in the United Kingdom under the 15-year rule, it should be noted that that fact arises solely from a legislative provision of a third State, and not from EU law. Therefore, that circumstance is not relevant for the purposes of assessing the validity of Decision 2020/135.