CELEX: 62018CA0302
Language: en
Date: 2019-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-302/18: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 3 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen — Belgium) — X v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Immigration policy — Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents — Directive 2003/109/EC — Conditions for acquiring long-term resident status — Article 5(1)(a) — Stable, regular and sufficient resources)

9.12.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 413/16
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 3 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen — Belgium) — X v Belgische Staat
      (Case C-302/18) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Immigration policy - Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents - Directive 2003/109/EC - Conditions for acquiring long-term resident status - Article 5(1)(a) - Stable, regular and sufficient resources)
      (2019/C 413/17)
      Language of the case: Dutch
      
         Referring court
      
      Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: X
      
         Defendant: Belgische Staat
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 5(1)(a) of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents must be interpreted as meaning that the concept of ‘resources’ referred to in that provision does not concern solely the ‘own resources’ of the applicant for long-term resident status, but may also cover the resources made available to that applicant by a third party provided that, in the light of the individual circumstances of the applicant concerned, they are considered to be stable, regular and sufficient.
      
         (1)  OJ C 276, 6.8.2018.