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Document 62009CN0208

Case C-208/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 10 June 2009 — Ilonka Sayn-Wittgenstein

OJ C 193, 15.8.2009, p. 12–12 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

15.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 193/12


Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 10 June 2009 — Ilonka Sayn-Wittgenstein

(Case C-208/09)

2009/C 193/15

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Ilonka Sayn-Wittgenstein

Defendant: Landeshauptmann von Wien

Question referred

Does Article 18 EC preclude legislation pursuant to which the competent authorities of a Member State refuse to recognise that part of the surname of a (grown up) adopted child, determined in another Member State, which contains a title which is inadmissible in the former Member State, including under constitutional law?


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