The Court has confirmed that Articles 48 and 52 of the Treaty implement the fundamental principle contained in Article 3c of the Treaty in which it is stated that, for the purposes set out in Article 2, the activities of the Community are to include the abolition, as between Member States, of obstacles to freedom of movement for persons (see, in particular, judgments in Case 118/75 Watson and Belmann [1976] ECR 1185, paragraph 16; in Heylens, cited above, paragraph 8 and in Case C-370/90 The Queen, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department v Immigration Appeal Tribunal and Surinder Singh [1992] ECR I-4265).
1185, point 16; arrêt Heylens e. a., précité, point 8; arrêt du 7 juillet 1992, Singh, C-370/90, Rec. p. I-4265, point 15) que les dispositions des articles 48 et 52 du traité mettaient en oeuvre un principe fondamental consacré par l'article 3, sous c), du traité où il est dit qu'aux fins énoncées à l'article 2 l'action de la Communauté comporte l'abolition, entre les Etats membres, des obstacles à la libre circulation des personnes.