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EP v Préfet du Gers and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) (C-673/20)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first and second questions
46

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

Judgment of 9 Jun 2022law://eu/cjeu/2020/c-673-20/para_46@2026-11-11

46In that regard, in the first place, it must be pointed out that citizenship of the Union requires possession of the nationality of a Member State.

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-673/20 · ECLI:EU:C:2022:449
Decided: 9 Jun 2022
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the tribunal judiciaire d’Auch (Court of Auch, France)
Upheld as valid: Decision 2020/135
Applicant: EP
Defendants: Préfet du Gers; Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE); interested party:; Maire de Thoux
Rapporteur: N. Jääskinen
Advocate General: A.M. Collins
Bench: 15 judges
K. Lenaerts, L. Bay Larsen, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, E. Regan, S. Rodin, N. Jääskinen, I. Ziemele, J. Passer, F. Biltgen, P.G. Xuereb, N. Piçarra, L.S. Rossi, N. Wahl, D. Gratsias
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62020CJ0673

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Charter of Fundamental Rights Economic and monetary policy General and final provisions Non-discrimination on grounds of nationality Principles of Union law

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Interprets 3: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Council Decision (EU) 2020/135 of 30 January 2020 on the conclusion of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Text with EEA relevance)
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Cites 17: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)5 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Andy Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (C-621/18); Sumal, S.L. v Mercedes Benz Trucks España, S.L (C-882/19); Council Decision (EU) 2020/135 of 30 January 2020 on the conclusion of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Text with EEA relevance); Criminal proceedings against WB and Others (C-748/19); Western Sahara Campaign UK v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (C-266/16); Ruska Federacija v I.N (C-897/19 PPU); Swiss International Air Lines AG v The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and Environment Agency (C-272/15); JY v Wiener Landesregierung (C-118/20); K.A. and Others v Belgische Staat (C-82/16); SN and SD (C-479/21 PPU); Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern (C-135/08); Eleanor Sharpston v Council of the European Union and Representatives of the Governments of the Member States (C-685/20); M.G. Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (C-221/17); P. M. and Others v Ministerraad (C-264/18)