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Document 62014CA0151
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)
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)
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)
OJ C 363, 3.11.2015, p. 13–13
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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3.11.2015 |
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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; |
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Orders the Republic of Latvia to pay the costs; |
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Orders the Czech Republic to bear its own costs; |
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Orders Hungary to bear its own costs. |