CELEX: 62019CA0710
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-710/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — G.M.A. v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of movement for persons — Article 45 TFEU — Citizenship of the Union — Directive 2004/38/EC — Right of residence for more than three months — Article 14(4)(b) — Jobseekers — Reasonable period of time to acquaint themselves with potentially suitable employment opportunities and take the necessary steps to obtain employment — Requirements imposed by the host Member State on the jobseeker during that period — Conditions governing the right of residence — Obligation to continue seeking employment and to have a genuine chance of being engaged)

22.2.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 62/8
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — G.M.A. v État belge
      (Case C-710/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Freedom of movement for persons - Article 45 TFEU - Citizenship of the Union - Directive 2004/38/EC - Right of residence for more than three months - Article 14(4)(b) - Jobseekers - Reasonable period of time to acquaint themselves with potentially suitable employment opportunities and take the necessary steps to obtain employment - Requirements imposed by the host Member State on the jobseeker during that period - Conditions governing the right of residence - Obligation to continue seeking employment and to have a genuine chance of being engaged)
      (2021/C 62/07)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Referring court
      
      Conseil d’État
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: G.M.A.
      
         Defendant: État belge
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 45 TFEU and Article 14(4)(b) of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC must be interpreted as meaning that a host Member State is required to grant a reasonable period of time to a Union citizen, which starts to run from the time when that Union citizen registered as a jobseeker, in order to allow that person to acquaint himself or herself with potentially suitable employment opportunities and take the necessary steps to obtain employment.
      During that period, the host Member State may require the jobseeker to provide evidence that he or she is seeking employment. It is only after the expiry of that period that that Member State may require the jobseeker to show not only that he or she is continuing to seek employment but also that he or she has a genuine chance of being engaged.
      
         (1)  OJ C 399, 25.11.2019.