CELEX: C2006/224/10
Language: en
Date: 2006-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-406/04: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2006 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Bruxelles — Belgium) — Gérald De Cuyper v Office national de l'emploi (Freedom to move and reside within the territory of the European Union — Unemployment allowances — Requirement actually to reside in national territory)

16.9.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 224/6
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2006 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Bruxelles — Belgium) — Gérald De Cuyper v Office national de l'emploi
   (Case C-406/04) (1)
   
   (Freedom to move and reside within the territory of the European Union - Unemployment allowances - Requirement actually to reside in national territory)
   (2006/C 224/10)
   Language of the case: French
   Referring court
   Tribunal du travail de Bruxelles
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Gérald De Cuyper
   
      Defendant: Office national de l'emploi
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal du travail de Bruxelles — Interpretation of Articles 17 and 18 EC establishing European citizenship — Provision of national law that makes the granting of unemployment benefits conditional on actual residence in the national territory
   Operative part of the judgment
   Freedom of movement and residence, conferred on every citizen of the Union by Article 18 EC, does not preclude a residence clause, such as that applied in the case in the main proceedings, which is imposed on an unemployed person over 50 years of age who is exempt from the requirement of proving that he is available for work, as a condition for the retention of his entitlement to unemployment benefit.
   
      (1)  OJ C 284, 20.11.2004.