Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2008:774
Date: 2008-12-22
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: External relations
Concepts: The various agreements concluded by the Community
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Germany

Summary of the Judgment International agreements – EC-Switzerland Agreement on the free movement of persons – Access to self-employed activity and the exercise thereof (EC-Switzerland Agreement on the free movement of persons, Annex I, Arts 13 and 15(1)) Pursuant to Article 15(1) of Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, a contracting party must accord to the ‘self-employed frontier workers’, within the meaning of Article 13 of that annex, of the other contracting party no less favourable treatment as regards access to self‑employed activity and the pursuit thereof in the host State than that which is accorded by that State to its own nationals. (see para. 49, operative part)