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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 October 2020 – Stadt Duisburg (Maintenance of the right of residence acquired after naturalisation)
(Case C-720/19) (
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(Reference for a preliminary ruling – EEC-Turkey Association Agreement – Decision No 1/80 – Article 7, first paragraph – Right of residence of family members of a Turkish worker legally employed in a Member State – Naturalisation of the family member concerned in the host Member State – Maintenance of the right of residence – Acquired rights)
International agreements – EEC-Turkey Association Agreement – Association Council set up by the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement – Decision No 1/80 – Family reunification – Right of members of the family of a Turkish worker in the regular labour market of a Member State to take up employment in that Member State and related right of residence – Loss of those rights as a result of the acquisition of the nationality of that Member State and loss of previous nationality – Unlawful
(Council Decision No 1/80 EEC-Turkey Association Agreement, Arts 7, first para., and 14(1))
(see paragraphs 21, 24-27, operative part)
Operative part
The first paragraph of Article 7 of Decision No 1/80 of the Association Council of 19 September 1980 on the development of the Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey must be interpreted as meaning that a member of the family of a Turkish worker who has acquired the rights laid down under that provision shall not lose the benefit of those rights when he or she acquires the nationality of the host Member State while losing his or her previous nationality.
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