Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 07/07/2011

Subject: The Court states that the principle of non-discrimination, set out in the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and the Republic of Bulgaria, must be interpreted as not having precluded, before the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the EU, legislation of a Member State such as the Austrian Code of Lawyers, under which a Bulgarian national, because of a nationality condition laid down by that legislation, was unable to obtain inclusion on the list of trainee lawyers and, consequently, to obtain a certificate of entitlement to appear in court.

Parties: Pavlov

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 15 Right to work - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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