Press Release: Judgment in Case C-438/14. Nabiel Peter Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff v Standesamt der Stadt Karlsruhe, Zentraler Juristischer Dienst der Stadt Karlsruhe

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Series Details No.56, 2016 (02.06.16)
Publication Date 02/06/2016
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A name containing several tokens of nobility and freely chosen by a German in another Member State of which he also holds the nationality does not necessarily have to be recognised in Germany.

Recognition may be refused if that is appropriate and necessary to ensure the equality before the law of all German citizens.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-06/cp160056en.pdf
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BBC News, 02.06.16: Court rules against German man's decision to call himself Baron http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36439341
Blog: EU Law Analysis, 01.09.16: Il nome suo nessun saprà...: A commentary on the CJEU Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff ruling on the use of names recognised by other Member States http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/il-nome-suo-nessun-sapra-commentary-on.html

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