CELEX: 62009CJ0157
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Article 43 EC
Freedom of establishment
Notaries
Nationality requirement
Article 45 EC
Connection with the exercise of official authority

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Articles 43 EC and 45 EC – Access to and practice of the
profession of notary – Condition of nationality – Connection with the exercise of official authority.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by imposing a condition of nationality for access to the profession of notary, the Kingdom of the Netherlands
has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 43 EC;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs;
3.
Orders the Republic of Slovenia to bear its own costs.