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Ninni – Orasche [2003]
June 12, 2007 | 1 Comment
The Ninni – Orasche case concerns an Italian national married to an Austrian and legally residing in Austria since 1993. In March 1996 she began studying romance languages in Austria after having worked for two and a half months as a waitress in summer 1995. She was asking for study finance under the same conditions […]
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Oteiza Olazabal [2002]
June 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
As has been stated by the ECJ in its ruling in Olazabal, “article 18 EC … finds specific expression in article 39 EC”. In this case it was held that the right of free movement and residence is subject to limitations and conditions laid down elsewhere in the Treaty and its secondary legislation.
Mr. Oteiza Olazabal, […]
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De Cuyper [2006]
June 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In this case the ECJ examined the compatibility of Belgian legislation on unemployment with the freedom of movement and residence rights, conferred on EU citizens by Article 18 EC Treaty. Under Belgian legislation, unemployed persons over 50 years of age, although no longer obliged to remain available for work, are subject to a residence requirement.
The […]
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Uecker and Jacquet [1997]
June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In the Uecker and Jacquet cases, some of the oldest cases where the EU citizenship has been mentioned, two third-country national spouses of German nationals, who had resided and worked in Germany all their lives, attempted to rely on the same rights under EC free movement provisions as third-country nationals married to EU citizens who […]
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Skanavi v Chryssanthakopoulos [1996]
June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The early history of the interpretation of the EU citizenship provisions in the ECJ did not seem encouraging.
In the case Skanavi v Chryssanthakopoulos (the first judgment discussing citizenship), in a reference for a preliminary ruling, the Amtsgericht Tiergarten Berlin asked, inter alia, whether article 18 (1) EC was incompatible with a provision of national legislation […]