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Robin Swaddling v Adjudication Officer (C-90/97)
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Robin Swaddling v Adjudication Officer (C-90/97)

Judgment of 25 Feb 1999law://eu/cjeu/1997/c-90-97/para_28@2026-11-10

28Pursuant to Article 1(h) of Regulation No 1408/71, the term ‘residence’ for the purposes of that regulation ‘means habitual residence’ and therefore has a Communitywide meaning.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-90/97 · ECLI:EU:C:1999:96
Decided: 25 Feb 1999
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Robin Swaddling
Defendant: Adjudication Officer
Rapporteur: J. C. Moitinho de Almeida
Advocate General: A. Saggio
Bench: 4 judges
J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, C. Gulmann, L. Sevón, M. Wathelet
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 61997CJ0090

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Social security

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25 Feb 1999Reading

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community
Cited by 5: European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-308/14)2 provisions; Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí v B (C-394/13)2 provisions; I v Health Service Executive (C-255/13); Janina Wencel v Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych w Białymstoku (C-589/10)2 provisions; Friedrich Jauch v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt der Arbeiter (C-215/99)2 provisions
Cites 6: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community; Silvana di Paolo v Office national de l'emploi (C-76/76); Kelvin Albert Snares v Adjudication Officer (C-20/96); Vera A. Partridge v Adjudication Officer (C-297/96); Doris Knoch v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit (C-102/91)