CELEX: 62012CN0291
Language: en
Date: 2012-06-12 00:00:00
Title: Case C-291/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Gelsenkirchen (Germany) lodged on 12 June 2012 — Michael Schwarz v Stadt Bochum

8.9.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 273/5
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Gelsenkirchen (Germany) lodged on 12 June 2012 — Michael Schwarz v Stadt Bochum
   (Case C-291/12)
   2012/C 273/06
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Verwaltungsgericht Gelsenkirchen
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Michael Schwarz
   
      Defendant: Stadt Bochum
   
      Question referred
   
   Is Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 (1) of 13 December 2004, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2009 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009, valid?
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States (OJ 2004 L 385, p. 1).
   
      (2)  Regulation (EC) No 444/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States (OJ 2009 L 142, p. 1; corrected version: OJ 2009 L 188, p. 127).