CELEX: 62013CA0338
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-338/13: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 July 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — Marjan Noorzia v Bundesministerin für Inneres (Request for a preliminary ruling — Right to family reunification — Directive 2003/86/EC — Article 4(5) — Provision of national law under which the sponsor and his/her spouse must have reached the age of 21 by the date on which the application for family reunification is lodged — Interpretation in conformity with EU law)

15.9.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 315/18
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 July 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — Marjan Noorzia v Bundesministerin für Inneres
   (Case C-338/13) (1)
   
   ((Request for a preliminary ruling - Right to family reunification - Directive 2003/86/EC - Article 4(5) - Provision of national law under which the sponsor and his/her spouse must have reached the age of 21 by the date on which the application for family reunification is lodged - Interpretation in conformity with EU law))
   2014/C 315/26
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Verwaltungsgerichtshof
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Marjan Noorzia
   
      Defendant: Bundesministerin für Inneres
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 4(5) of Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification must be interpreted as meaning that that provision does not preclude a rule of national law requiring that spouses and registered partners must have reached the age of 21 by the date when the application seeking to be considered family members entitled to reunification is lodged.
   
      (1)  OJ C 233, 10.8.2013.