THEY CONTEND THAT THE ' MINIMEX ' SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A HYBRID BENEFIT HAVING BOTH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOCIAL ASSISTANCE BENEFIT ( SUCH AS MAKING THE CLAIMANT ' S STATE OF NEED ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL CRITERIA FOR ITS GRANT ) AND THOSE OF A SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT ( SUCH AS REQUIRING THE CLAIMANT TO BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT WORK AND PLACING HIM IN A LEGALLY DEFINED POSITION ). THE COURT HAS TREATED SIMILAR HYBRID SCHEMES , SUCH AS A HANDICAPPED PERSONS ' ALLOWANCE AND A GUARANTEED INCOME FOR OLD PEOPLE , AS SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES , AND MADE THEM SUBJECT TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT .
11 THE CENTRE , HOWEVER , MAINTAINS THAT A BENEFIT LIKE THE ' MINIMEX ' INTRODUCED BY THE BELGIAN LAW OF 7 AUGUST 1974 DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE AMBIT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BUT IS A SOCIAL ASSISTANCE MEASURE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF ARTICLE 51 OF THE EEC TREATY AND OF REGULATIONS NOS 1408/71 AND 1612/68 BECAUSE ENTITLEMENT TO A ' MINIMEX ' IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY CONCEPT OF , OR REFERENCE TO , WORK . THE GRANT OF THE ' MINIMEX ' DEPENDS ONLY ON THE CLAIMANT ' S STATE OF NEED AND THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT HE SHOULD HAVE PREVIOUSLY PAID CONTRIBUTIONS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR IT OR THAT HE SHOULD SHOW THAT HE IS AFFILIATED TO ANY PARTICULAR BODY . THE SOLE REASON FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ' MINIMEX ' WAS TO IMPLEMENT A SPECIFIC POLICY FOR THE DESTITUTE WITH A VIEW TO THEIR BETTER INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY , AND IT IS THEREFORE A MEASURE TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN DIGNITY ADOPTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS .
12 WITH REFERENCE MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 , THE CENTRE REMARKS THAT THAT PRINCIPLE IS APPLICABLE TO WORKERS ALONE WHEREAS THE RIGHT TO THE ' MINIMEX ' IS NOT DEPENDENT ON ANY PREVIOUS PERIOD OF WORK . THE FACT THAT CLAIMANTS FOR THE ' MINIMEX ' ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE AN EXPRESS DECLARATION THAT THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT WORK MERELY MEANS THAT THEY MUST DECLARE THEIR INTENTION TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THEIR STATE OF NEED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE .
13 THE CENTRE CITES IN ARGUMENT CERTAIN JUDGMENTS OF THE COURT , IN PARTICULAR ITS JUDGMENT IN CASE 1/72 ( FRILLI V BELGIAN STATE ( 1972 ) ECR 457 ), AND TWO PROPOSALS FOR A DIRECTIVE ON A RIGHT OF RESIDENCE FOR NATIONALS OF MEMBER STATES IN THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1979 , C 207 , P . 14 , AND OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1980 , C 188 , P . 7 ) SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL WITH A VIEW TO FACILITATING AND ENSURING THE GREATEST POSSIBLE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR WORKERS BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES , WHICH STATE THAT THE HOST MEMBER STATE MAY MAKE THE RIGHT OF ENTRY