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Hendrix [2007 pending]
June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The social benefit issue is a very sensitive and controversial one in the EU law. Some decisions of the ECJ point to the important existence of a “real and effective link” requirement as regards the Member State from which payment of the social benefit is sought but the clearest signs of such a development are [...]
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Dany Bidar [2005]
June 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment
This is by far the most significant case on students’ rights in EC law. It concerns an individual of French nationality, Dany Bidar, who completed his secondary education in the UK. After that, he enrolled at University College London and applied for a maintenance loan. Even if he was granted financial aid with tuition fees, [...]
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Commission v. Austria [2005]
June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In the recent case of Commission v. Austria concerning restrictions of entry for foreign students (mostly medical students) to Austrian universities, the ECJ decided that the Austrian legislation in this domain is contrary to Community law. The Austrian “Law on University Studies” provides that students from other Member States must fulfill the admission requirements to [...]