CELEX: 62014CA0309
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-02 00:00:00
Title: Case C-309/14: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL), Istituto Nazionale Confederale Assistenza (INCA) v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents — Directive 2003/109/EC — National legislation — Issue and renewal of a residence permit — Condition — Obligatory financial contribution — Amount eight times higher than that for obtaining a national identity card — Infringement of the principles of Directive 2003/109/EC)

26.10.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 354/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL), Istituto Nazionale Confederale Assistenza (INCA) v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze
   (Case C-309/14) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents - Directive 2003/109/EC - National legislation - Issue and renewal of a residence permit - Condition - Obligatory financial contribution - Amount eight times higher than that for obtaining a national identity card - Infringement of the principles of Directive 2003/109/EC))
   (2015/C 354/09)
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL), Istituto Nazionale Confederale Assistenza (INCA)
   
      Defendants: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, as amended by Directive 2011/51/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011, precludes national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which requires third-country nationals, when applying for the issue or renewal of a residence permit in the Member State concerned, to pay a fee which varies in amount between EUR 80 and EUR 200, inasmuch as such a fee is disproportionate in the light of the objective pursued by that directive and is liable to create an obstacle to the exercise of the rights conferred by that directive.
   
      (1)  OJ C 339, 29.9.2014.