Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 5 June 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande Instance de Nantes — Commission d'Indemnisation des Victimes d'infractions — France) — James Wood v Fonds de Garantie des victimes des actes de Terrorisme et d'autres Infractions

(Case C-164/07) (1)

(Article 12 EC - Discrimination on grounds of nationality - Compensation awarded by the Fonds de garantie des victimes des actes de terrorisme et d'autres infractions - Not included)

(2008/C 183/05)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nantes — Commission d'Indemnisation des Victimes d'infractions

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: James Wood

Defendant: Fonds de Garantie des victimes des actes de Terrorisme et d'autres Infractions

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal de grande instance de Nantes (France) — Commission d'Indemnisation des Victimes d'infractions — Interpretation of Article [12] of the EC Treaty — Compatibility, with regard to the general principle of non-discrimination, of national legislation which excludes a national of another Member State of the Union, lawfully residing in France and father of a child holding French nationality who died outside French territory, from the right to compensation paid by a Fonds de garantie, on the sole ground of his nationality

Operative part of the judgment

Community law precludes legislation of a Member State which excludes nationals of other Member States who live and work in its territory from the grant of compensation intended to make good losses resulting from offences against the person where the crime in question was not committed in the territory of that State, on the sole ground that they do not have the nationality of that State.

(1)  OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.