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Heikki Antero Pusa [2004]
June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In this case, the ECJ examined whether the Finnish tax legislation on pensions could place at a disadvantage its nationals only because they had exercised their right to free movement and residence in another Member State, and hence leading to inequality of treatment.
Mr. Pusa a Finnish national exercised his free movement right after retirement and [...]
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Egon Schempp [2005]
June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In its Schempp judgment of 12 July 2005 the ECJ denied a German taxpayer the right to deduct from his income tax the maintenance support to his divorced wife who lived in Austria, a country in which this maintenance is not taxable. It was clear for the ECJ that this problem falls into the sphere [...]
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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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Eman and Sevinger [2006]
June 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of the Netherlands, the islands of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. Citizens from all this territories share one single nationality.
In this case, Mr Eman and Mr Sevinger, Netherlands citizens residing in Aruba, requested in 2004 that their names be entered in the electoral register in order to enable them [...]
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Tas Hagen [2006]
May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The most recent case concerning EU Citizenship is Tas Hagen and Tas. In this case, two Dutch nationals living in another Member State seek a financial benefit for civil victims of war. The benefit is refused because it is available to Dutch nationals only if, at the time of requesting the benefit, they reside in [...]