ARTICLE 177 OF THE EEC TREATY TWO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE INTERPRETATION OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 ON THE APPLICATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES TO EMPLOYED PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES MOVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL , ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION 1971 ( II ), P . 416 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROVISIONS IN THAT REGULATION RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT .
2 THE QUESTIONS AROSE IN THE COURSE OF AN ACTION BETWEEN MR AUBIN AND THE UNION NATIONALE INTERPROFESSIONNELLE POUR L ' EMPLOI DANS L ' INDUSTRIE ET LE COMMERCE ( NATIONAL TRADES ASSOCIATION FOR EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' ' THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ' ' ) AND THE ASSOCIATION POUR L ' EMPLOI DANS LES INDUSTRIES ET LE COMMERCE DU DEPARTEMENT DES YVELINES ( ASSOCIATION FOR EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE OF THE YVELINES , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' ' THE YVELINES ASSOCIATION ' ' ).
3 MR AUBIN , A FRENCH NATIONAL , WORKED IN PARIS FOR A BELGIAN UNDERTAKING . IN SEPTEMBER 1970 HE ACCEPTED HIS EMPLOYER ' S OFFER OF A POST IN BRUSSELS AND DECIDED TO MOVE WITH HIS FAMILY TO BELGIUM . IN DECEMBER 1972 MR AUBIN CHANGED HIS EMPLOYMENT AND RETURNED TO WORK IN FRANCE , IN THE PARIS AREA , BUT RETAINED HIS HOME IN BELGIUM .
4 ON 25 FEBRUARY 1975 MR AUBIN WAS MADE REDUNDANT ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS . AS HE HAD REGULARLY PAID UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS IN FRANCE , HE SOUGHT INFORMATION FROM THE YVELINES DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR OFFICE AS TO HOW TO SET ABOUT CLAIMING BENEFIT . BY LETTER DATED 12 MARCH 1975 THE INSPECTEUR DU TRAVAIL ( EMPLOYMENT OFFICER ) FOR THE YVELINES INFORMED HIM THAT HE MUST APPLY TO THE EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION IN HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE , BELGIUM , FOR REGISTRATION AS A PERSON SEEKING WORK , AND THAT HE WOULD BE PAID UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT BY THE BELGIAN AUTHORITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF REGULATIONS NOS 1408/71 OF 14 JUNE 1971 AND 574/72 OF 21 MARCH 1972 , BOTH OF THE COUNCIL .
5 ON 6 AUGUST 1975 THE BELGIAN OFFICE NATIONAL DE L ' EMPLOI ( NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT BUREAU ) TOOK A DECISION INFORMING MR AUBIN THAT HE WAS NOT ENTITLED TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT IN BELGIUM , MAINLY ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE DID NOT MEET THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN BY THE ARRETE ROYAL BELGE ( BELGIAN ROYAL DECREE ) OF 20 DECEMBER 1963 ON EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT , INASMUCH AS HE HAD NOT ENGAGED IN PAID WORK IN BELGIUM FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY IN THE COURSE OF THE EIGHTEEN MONTHS PRECEDING HIS BEING MADE REDUNDANT .
6 ON 1 OCTOBER 1976 MR AUBIN FOUND EMPLOYMENT IN THE PARIS AREA AND TRANSFERRED HIS RESIDENCE THERE .
7 BY LETTER DATED 14 MAY 1977 MR AUBIN CLAIMED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION . THE ASSOCIATION DISMISSED HIS CLAIM PRINCIPALLY ON THE GROUND THAT HE HAD NOT REGISTERED IN FRANCE AS A PERSON SEEKING