Judgment_paragraph 22 · EP v Préfet du Gers and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) (C-673/20)

22Article LO 227‑1 of the code électoral, issu de la loi organique No 98‑404 du 25 mai 1998 déterminant les conditions d’application de l’article 88-3 de la Constitution relatif à l’exercice par les citoyens de l’Union européenne résidant en France, autres que les ressortissants français, du droit de vote et d’éligibilité aux élections municipales, et portant transposition de la directive 94/80/CE du 19 décembre 1994 (JORF of 26 May 1998, p. 7975; Electoral Code resulting from Organic Law No 98‑404 of 25 May 1998 laying down the conditions for the application of Article 88-3 of the Constitution concerning the exercise by citizens of the European Union residing in France, other than French nationals, of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections and transposing Directive 94/80/EC of 19 December 1994; ‘the Electoral Code’), provides:‘Citizens of the European Union residing in France, other than French citizens, may participate in the election of municipal councils on the same conditions as French electors, subject to the provisions of this Section.The persons referred to in the first paragraph shall be treated as residing in France if they have their actual place of residence there or if their residence is continuous.…’