Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2012:331
Date: 2012-06-07
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Association Agreement;External relations;Free movement of workers;International agreements
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Germany

Summary of the Judgment 1. International agreements — EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Association Council set up by the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Decision No 1/80 — Family reunification — Family members of a Turkish worker duly registered as belonging to the labour force of a Member State — Concept — National of a non-member country who was married to a Turkish worker and lived with him for more than three years — Included (Decision No 1/80 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council, Art. 7, first para.) 2. International agreements — EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Association Council set up by the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Decision No 1/80, Article 7, first para. — Aim (Decision No 1/80 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council, Art. 7, first para.) 3. International agreements — EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Association Council set up by the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Decision No 1/80 — Family reunification — Personal scope — Family member of a Turkish worker, national of a non-member country other than Turkey — Included (Decision No 1/80 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council, Art. 7, first para.) 1. See the text of the decision. (see paras 34-37, 49, 54, 55) 2. See the text of the decision. (see paras 38-42, 45-47, 50-52) 3. The first paragraph of Article 7 of Decision No 1/80 on the development of the Association, adopted by the Association Council set up by the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey, must be interpreted as meaning that a member of the family of a Turkish worker, who is a national of a third country other than Turkey, may invoke, in the host Member State, the rights arising from that provision, where all the other conditions laid down by the provision have been fulfilled. (see para. 65, operative part)