CURIA - Documents 1 of 13 https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document_print.jsf?mode=lst&p... JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Grand Chamber) 14 December 2021 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the Union – Articles 20 and 21 TFEU – Right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States – Child born in the host Member State of her parents – Birth certificate issued by that Member State mentioning two mothers in respect of that child – Refusal by the Member State of origin of one of those two mothers to issue a birth certificate for the child in the absence of information as to the identity of the child’s biological mother – Possession of such a certificate being a prerequisite for the issue of an identity card or a passport – Persons of the same sex not recognised as parents under the national legislation of that Member State of origin) In Case C‑490/20, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad (Administrative Court of the City of Sofia, Bulgaria), made by decision of 2 October 2020, received at the Court on the same day, in the proceedings V.М.А. v Stolichna obshtina, rayon ‘Pancharevo’, THE COURT (Grand Chamber), composed of K. Lenaerts, President, L. Bay Larsen, Vice-President, A. Arabadjiev, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, E. Regan, N. Jääskinen, I. Ziemele and J. Passer, Presidents of Chambers, M. Ilešič (Rapporteur), J.‑C. Bonichot, T. von Danwitz and N. Wahl, Judges, Advocate General: J. Kokott, Registrar: M. Aleksejev, Head of Unit, having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 9 February 2021, after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: – V.М.А., by D.I. Lyubenova, advokat, – the Bulgarian Government, by T. Mitova and L. Zaharieva, acting as Agents, – the German Government, initially by J. Möller and S. Heimerl, and subsequently by J. Möller, acting as Agents, – the Spanish Government, initially by S. Centeno Huerta and M.J. Ruiz Sánchez, and subsequently by M.J. Ruiz Sánchez, acting as Agents, – the Italian Government, by G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by W. Ferrante, avvocato dello Stato, 25/08/2022, 16:46