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In today’s ruling, the Supreme Administrative Court confirmed the interpretation of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, indicating Poland’s obligation to comply with EU law. Campaign Against Homofobia – “This is an extremely important step, but not the last one” Today, March 20, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that EU law requires Polish civil status registers to record same-sex marriages concluded abroad. Therefore, the only way to fulfill this obligation is to transcribe them, which is a requirement of every Civil Registry Office in Poland. Today’s ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court clearly demonstrates that Poland,...

In the judgment published today, the Court of Justice of the European Union responded to a preliminary question submitted by the Supreme Administrative Court in Warsaw. The Court has no doubt that Poland must transcribe foreign marriage certificates of same-sex couples. Despite the lack of marriage equality, Poland is obliged to introduce solutions enabling the transcription of a foreign marriage certificate into Polish civil registry records. Polish law under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the EU The judgment published today constitutes the CJEU’s response to a preliminary question submitted by the Supreme Administrative Court. While examining a...