Case C-491/21,  Direcţia pentru Evidenţa Persoanelor şi Administrarea Bazelor de Date: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie – Romania) – WA v Direcţia pentru Evidenţa Persoanelor şi Administrarea Bazelor de Date din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the Union – Article 21(1) TFEU – Right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States – Article 45 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Directive 2004/38/EC – Article 4 – Issuance of an identity card – Requirement of domicile in the Member State issuing the document – Refusal by the authorities of that Member State to issue an identity card to one of its nationals domiciled in another Member State – Equal treatment – Restrictions – Justification)
Date: 2024-02-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, EU national, free movement of persons, identity document, legal domicile








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C/2024/2385


8.4.2024





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie — Romania) — WA v Direcţia pentru Evidenţa Persoanelor şi Administrarea Bazelor de Date din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne
(Case C-491/21, (1) Direcţia pentru Evidenţa Persoanelor şi Administrarea Bazelor de Date)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Citizenship of the Union - Article 21(1) TFEU - Right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States - Article 45 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Directive 2004/38/EC - Article 4 - Issuance of an identity card - Requirement of domicile in the Member State issuing the document - Refusal by the authorities of that Member State to issue an identity card to one of its nationals domiciled in another Member State - Equal treatment - Restrictions - Justification)
(C/2024/2385)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: WA

Defendant: Direcţia pentru Evidenţa Persoanelor şi Administrarea Bazelor de Date din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne

Operative part of the judgment

Article 21(1) TFEU and Article 45(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, read in conjunction with Article 4(3) of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC,
must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State under which a citizen of the European Union, a national of that Member State who has exercised his or her right to freedom of movement and freedom to reside in another Member State, is refused an identity card that may serve as a travel document within the European Union, on the sole ground that he or she has established his or her domicile within the territory of that other Member State.


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            OJ C 481, 29.11.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2385/oj
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