La DGRN ante la jurisprudencia europea en materia de nombre y apellidos

Abstract

Following the judgment delivered by the ECJ in the Grunkin-Paul case, the DGRN has published a new instruction on the recognition of names and surnames registered in other Member States. It lays down the basic guidelines to be followed in order to accommodate legislation on the recognition of names and surnames in the Spanish system of private international
law to European standards. This is not the first time that the DGRN has found itself obliged to react to a European Court judgment. In this paper we review the progression followed by European case law in this matter and we analyse the various reactions of the DGRN, in order to highlight their similarities and differences.