62021CJ0372_SUM
Case C-372/21
Freikirche der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten in Deutschland KdöR
v
Bildungsdirektion für Vorarlberg
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof)
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 February 2023
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Status under EU law of churches and religious associations or communities in the Member States – Article 17(1) TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Article 49 TFEU – Restrictions – Justification – Proportionality – Subsidies for a private school – Application submitted by a religious society established in another Member State – Establishment recognised by that society as a denominational school)
EU law – Scope – Church or religious association or community with the status of a legal person governed by public law in a Member State
(Art. 17(1) TFEU)
(see paragraphs 19-21, 23-25, operative part 1)
Freedom of establishment – Restrictions – National legislation laying down the conditions for the grant of public subsidies to private schools recognised as denominational schools
(Arts 17(1) and 49 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 26, 29, 31-34, 36-41, 43-45, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.