Judgment of the Court 11 July 2002 in Case C-224/98 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Liège): Marie-Nathalie D'Hoop v Office national de l'emploi (Citizenship of the Union — Principle of non-discrimination — National legislation granting the right to tideover allowances to its nationals only on condition that they have completed their secondary education in an educational establishment in their own Member State — National seeking first employment having completed her secondary education in an educational establishment in another Member State)
Date: 2002-09-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, education grant, free movement of workers, interpretation of the law, migrant worker

28.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 233/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

11 July 2002

employment, on the sole ground that that student completed her
secondary education in another Member State.

(1) OJ C 258 of 15.8.1998.

in Case C-224/98 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Tribunal du travail de Liège): Marie-Nathalie D’Hoop
v Office national de l’emploi (1)

(Citizenship of the Union — Principle of non-discrimination
— National legislation granting the right to tideover allow-
ances to its nationals only on condition that they have
completed their secondary education in an educational estab-
lishment in their own Member State — National seeking
first employment having completed her secondary education
in an educational establishment in another Member State)

(2002/C 233/01)

(Language of the case: French)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-224/98: Reference to the Court under Article 177
of the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) by the Tribunal du
for a preliminary ruling in the
travail de Liège (Belgium)
proceedings pending before that court between Marie-Nathalie
D’Hoop and Office national de l’emploi on the interpretation
of Article 48 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment,
Article 39 EC) and Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68
of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement
for workers within the Community (OJ, English Special Edition
1968 (II), p. 475), the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodríguez
Iglesias, President, P. Jann (Rapporteur), F. Macken and S. von
Bahr (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward,
A. La Pergola, R. Schintgen, V. Skouris, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
and C.W.A. Timmermans, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate
General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, has given a
judgment on 11 July 2002, in which it has ruled:

Community law precludes a Member State from refusing to grant the
tideover allowance to one of its nationals, a student seeking her first

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

6 June 2002

in Case C-133/99: Kingdom of the Netherlands v Com-
mission of the European Communities (1)

(EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — 1995 financial year
— Aid for processing of skimmed milk into casein and
caseinates)

(2002/C 233/02)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-133/99, Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agents:
A. Fierstra and N. Wijmenga) supported by French Republic
(Agents: R. Abraham and C. Vasak) v Commission of the
European Communities (Agents: T. van Rijn, K.-D. Borchardt
and C. van der Hauwaert): Application for partial annulment
of Commission Decision 1999/187/EC of 3 February 1999 on
the clearance of the accounts presented by the Member States
in respect of the expenditure for 1995 of the Guarantee
Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
Fund (OJ 1999 L 61, p. 37),
in so far as it excludes the
applicant Member State from Community financing in the
sum of NLG 39 182 606 by way of aid for the processing of
skimmed milk into casein and caseinates, the Court (Fifth