29At the outset, it is appropriate to recall that, in the context of the freedom of movement for workers, Article 48(3)(d) of the EC Treaty grants nationals of Member States the right to remain in the territory of a Member State after having been employed in that State, subject to conditions which are to be embodied in implementing regulations to be drawn up by the Commission. The conditions of entitlement to the worker's right to remain in the host Member State are set out in Article 2 of Regulation No 1251/70. The fundamental condition for the acquisition of that right is, in the usual situation provided for by Article 2(1)(a), a degree of established connection with the host State, which is evidenced by a three-year period of continuous residence and a period of employment during the last 12 months preceding the end of a worker's working life due to his reaching the age laid down by the law of that Member State for entitlement to an old-age pension.
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