CELEX: 62014CA0151
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-10 00:00:00
Title: Case C-151/14: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 September 2015 — European Commission v Republic of Latvia (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)

3.11.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 363/13
            
         Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 September 2015 — European Commission v Republic of Latvia
   (Case C-151/14) (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))
   (2015/C 363/15)
   Language of the case: Latvian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: I. Rubene and H. Støvlbæk, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: D. Pelše, I. Kalniņš and K. Freimanis, acting as Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents), Hungary (represented by: M. Tátrai and M. Fehér, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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               Declares that, by imposing a nationality requirement for access to the profession of notary, the Republic of Latvia failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 49 TFEU;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Republic of Latvia to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Czech Republic to bear its own costs;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders Hungary to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 159, 26.5.2014.