declare that, by restricting access to public transport passes with preferential fares for students who pursue their studies in the Netherlands to Netherlands students who are enrolled in private and public educational establishments in the Netherlands and to students from other Member States who are economically active or have obtained a permanent right of residence in the Netherlands, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 18 TFEU (in conjunction with Articles 20 TFEU and 21 TFEU), and Article 24(2) of Directive 2004/38/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of citiz ...[+++]ens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States;

Appellant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman, M.A.M. de Ree, acting as Agents)

On that same date, Curaçao and Sint Maarten gained the status of autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba became special municipalities of the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Declare that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to ensure that, in the case of a company resulting from a cross-border merger which has its registered office in the Netherlands, the employees of establishments of that company that are situated in other Member States have the same entitlement to exercise participation rights as is enjoyed by the employees employed in the Netherlands, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under subparagraph (b) of Article 16(2) (introductory sentence and second part of the sentence) of Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Par ...[+++]liament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies; (1)

The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares that an initiative for a decision, as referred to in Article 355(6) aimed at amending the status of the Netherlands Antilles and/or Aruba with regard to the Union, will be submitted only on the basis of a decision taken in conformity with the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

- Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning air services, signed on 17 June 1958 endorsed through the common declaration regarding bilateral treaties in relations between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Moldova signed in Chisinau on 29 October 1996 (hereinafter referred to as Moldova — Netherlands Agreement);