The Use of Personal Identity Numbers in Sweden and Denmark: A Barrier to Union Citizens' Enjoyment of Free Movement Rights?

Katarina Hyltén-Cavallius

The Use of Personal Identity Numbers in Sweden and Denmark: A Barrier to Union Citizens' Enjoyment of Free Movement Rights?

Katarina Hyltén-Cavallius

WELMA - Centre for Legal Studies in Welfare and Market

Abstract

The paper of Katarina Hyltén-Cavallius focuses on personal identity numbers in Sweden and Denmark. This paper looks into formal and informal structures, which organise society in a host member state and which can make it difficult for a non-national Union citizen to, in practice, access public and private services on equal terms with resident nationals. It appears that although a personal identity number is of significant practical importance for residing in and taking part of society in Sweden and Denmark, the fact that the possession of a personal identity number is widely required by both public and private organisations, leads to indirect discrimination on grounds of nationality, which is incompatible with the key principle of non-discrimination underlying the free movement of persons, and thus a restriction on the exercise of freedom of movement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Being a Citizen in Europe : Insights and Lessons from the Open Conference, Zagreb 2015
Editors	Sandra Seubert, Frans van Waarden
Number of pages	13
Place of Publication	Utrecht
Publisher	bEUcitizen
Publication date	2015
Edition	1.0
Pages	86-98
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	bEUcitizen Conference 2015: Being a Citizen in Europe - Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Duration: 29 Jun 2015 → 30 Jun 2015

Conference

Conference	bEUcitizen Conference 2015
Location	Zagreb
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Period	29/06/2015 → 30/06/2015

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The Use of Personal Identity Numbers in Sweden and Denmark : A Barrier to Union Citizens' Enjoyment of Free Movement Rights? / Hyltén-Cavallius, Katarina.

Being a Citizen in Europe: Insights and Lessons from the Open Conference, Zagreb 2015. ed. / Sandra Seubert; Frans van Waarden. 1.0. ed. Utrecht : bEUcitizen, 2015. p. 86-98.

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