# C_2006143EN.01000302.xml

| 17.6.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 143/3 |
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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 23 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium

(Case C-408/03)( 1 )

(Failure to fulfil obligations - Breach of Community legislation on the right of residence of citizens of the Union - National legislation and administrative practice relating to the requirement of sufficient personal resources and the issuing of orders to leave the territory of the Member State concerned)

(2006/C 143/07)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Condou-Durande and D. Martin, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: E. Dominkovits, Agent,)

Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: C. Jackson, Agent, and by E. Sharpston QC)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Community legislation on the right of residence of citizens of the Union — National legislation and administrative practice concerning the condition of possession of sufficient personal resources and the issue of orders to leave the territory

Operative part of the judgment

| 1. | Declares that
(a)
by excluding the income of a partner residing in the host Member State in the absence of an agreement concluded before a notary and containing an assistance clause, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 18 EC and Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence when applying that directive to nationals of a Member State who wish to rely on their rights under that directive and on Article 18 EC, (b)
by making provision for automatic service of an order to leave Belgian territory on citizens of the Union who do not produce within the prescribed period the documents required to obtain a residence permit, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of Directive 90/364, Article 4 of Council Directive 68/360/EEC, Article 4 of Council Directive 73/148/EEC, Article 2 of Council Directive 93/96/EEC and Article 2 of Council Directive 90/365/EEC; | (a) | by excluding the income of a partner residing in the host Member State in the absence of an agreement concluded before a notary and containing an assistance clause, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 18 EC and Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence when applying that directive to nationals of a Member State who wish to rely on their rights under that directive and on Article 18 EC, | (b) | by making provision for automatic service of an order to leave Belgian territory on citizens of the Union who do not produce within the prescribed period the documents required to obtain a residence permit, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of Directive 90/364, Article 4 of Council Directive 68/360/EEC, Article 4 of Council Directive 73/148/EEC, Article 2 of Council Directive 93/96/EEC and Article 2 of Council Directive 90/365/EEC; |
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| (a) | by excluding the income of a partner residing in the host Member State in the absence of an agreement concluded before a notary and containing an assistance clause, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 18 EC and Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence when applying that directive to nationals of a Member State who wish to rely on their rights under that directive and on Article 18 EC, | | | | |
| (b) | by making provision for automatic service of an order to leave Belgian territory on citizens of the Union who do not produce within the prescribed period the documents required to obtain a residence permit, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of Directive 90/364, Article 4 of Council Directive 68/360/EEC, Article 4 of Council Directive 73/148/EEC, Article 2 of Council Directive 93/96/EEC and Article 2 of Council Directive 90/365/EEC; | | | | |

| 2. | Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs; |
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| 3. | Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 275, 15.11.2003.

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