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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
48

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_48@2026-11-11

48By Article 9 TEU and Article 20 TFEU, the authors of the Treaties thus established an inseparable and exclusive link between possession of the nationality of a Member State and not only the acquisition, but also the retention, of the status of citizen of the Union.

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)
Cited by 18: Seven.One Entertainment Group GmbH v Corint Media GmbH (C-260/22); M.-A.A. v Direcţia de Evidenţă a Persoanelor Cluj and Others (C-4/23); WA v Direcţia pentru Evidenţa Persoanelor şi Administrarea Bazelor de Date din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-491/21); HJ v Crédit agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (C-350/24); European Union Intellectual Property Office v Nowhere Co. Ltd (C-337/22 P); European Commission v Czech Republic (C-808/21); European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-814/21); Umweltverband WWF Österreich and Others v Tiroler Landesregierung (C-601/22); Società Italiana Imprese Balneari Srl v Comune di Rosignano Marittimo and Others (C-598/22); EP v Préfet du Gers and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) (C-716/22)7 provisions; Pilatus Bank plc v European Central Bank (C-256/22 P); Pilatus Bank plc v European Central Bank (C-750/21 P); Michaël Julien v Council of the European Union (C-285/22); X v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-459/20); Harry Shindler and Others v Council of the European Union (C-501/21 P)2 provisions; David Price v Council of the European Union (C-502/21); Joshua David Silver and Others v Council of the European Union (C-499/21); European Commission and Others v Pharmaceutical Works Polpharma S.A (C-438/21 P)
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); P. M. and Others v Ministerraad (C-264/18); M.G. Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (C-221/17); Eleanor Sharpston v Council of the European Union and Representatives of the Governments of the Member States (C-685/20); JY v Wiener Landesregierung (C-118/20); SN and SD (C-479/21 PPU); Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern (C-135/08); K.A. and Others v Belgische Staat (C-82/16)