CELEX: 62015CA0392
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Case C-392/15: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 1 February 2017 — European Commission v Hungary (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Notaries — Nationality requirement — Article 51 TFEU — Connection with the exercise of official authority)

3.4.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 104/16
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 1 February 2017 — European Commission v Hungary
   (Case C-392/15) (1)
   
   ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 49 TFEU - Freedom of establishment - Notaries - Nationality requirement - Article 51 TFEU - Connection with the exercise of official authority))
   (2017/C 104/24)
   Language of the case: Hungarian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: H. Støvlbæk and K. Talabér-Ritz, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér, G. Koós and M. Tátrai, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil and D. Hadroušek, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by imposing a nationality requirement for access to the notarial profession, Hungary failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 49 TFEU;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Hungary to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Czech Republic to bear its own costs
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 302, 14.9.2015.