Det har ingen betydning, om tredjelandsstatsborgerne, som er familiemedlemmer til en unionsborger, er indrejst i værtsmedlemsstaten før eller efter, at de er blevet medlemmer af unionsborgerens familie, idet værtsmedlemsstatens nægtelse af at give dem opholdsret ligeledes kan afholde den nævnte unionsborger fra fortsat at opholde sig i denne medlemsstat.
It makes no difference whether nationals of nonmember countries who are family members of a Union citizen have entered the host Member State before or after becoming family members of that Union citizen, since the refusal of the host Member State to grant them a right of residence is equally liable to discourage that Union citizen from continuing to reside in that Member State.