Brussels, 17/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - A member state may refuse to change surnames and forenames on certificates of civil status, as long as refusal is not likely to cause serious inconvenience for those concerned.
This, in essence, is what the EU Court of Justice states in its ruling of 12 May in Case C-391/09. The Court's decision was in response to a question raised by the First District Court of the City of Vilnius, Lithuania, which asked whether legislation of a member state that...