Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-541/15Proceedings brought by Mircea Florian Freitag
- Decided
- 2017-06-08
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2017:432
- CELEX
- 62015CJ0541
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Citizenship of the Union — Article 21 TFEU — Freedom to move and reside in the Member States — Individual having the nationality of both the Member State in which he resides and the Member State in which he was born — Change of surname in the Member State of birth not carried out during a period of habitual residence — Name corresponding to birth name — Application for the entry of that name in the civil register of the Member State of residence — Rejection of that application — Reason — Name not acquired during a period of habitual residence — Existence of other procedures in national law to have that name recognised.
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