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Gérald De Cuyper v Office national de l'emploi (C-406/04)
Judgment
The question referred for a preliminar…
Article 18 EC
40

Gérald De Cuyper v Office national de l'emploi (C-406/04)

Judgment of 18 Jul 2006law://eu/cjeu/2004/c-406-04/para_40@2026-11-12

40Such a restriction can be justified, with regard to Community law, only if it is based on objective considerations of public interest independent of the nationality of the persons concerned and proportionate to the legitimate objective of the national provisions.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-406/04 · ECLI:EU:C:2006:491
Decided: 18 Jul 2006
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Gérald De Cuyper
Defendant: Office national de l'emploi
Rapporteur: R. Silva de Lapuerta
Advocate General: L.A. Geelhoed
Bench: 13 judges
V. Skouris, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas, J. Malenovský, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, R. Silva de Lapuerta, G. Arestis, A. Borg Barthet, M. Ilešič, J. Klučka
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62004CJ0406

Topics

Right of entry and residence Social security

History · 1 version

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions
Cited by 16: Caisse nationale des prestations familiales v Fjola Hliddal (C‑216/12) and Pierre-Louis Bornand (C‑217/12) (C-216/12, C-217/12)2 provisions; I. J. v VĮ Registrų centras (C-789/23)2 provisions; E.P. v Ministarstvo financija Republike Hrvatske, Samostalni sektor za drugostupanjski upravni postupak (C-277/23); Ministre de l'Action et des Comptes publics v Mr and Mrs Raymond Dreyer (C-372/18); Stefan Czerwiński v Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych Oddział w Gdańsku (C-517/16); Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) and Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) v José Blanco Marqués (C-431/16); Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Tolley (deceased, acting in the proceedings by her personal representative) (C-430/15); European Commission v Slovak Republic (C-433/13); European Commission v Slovak Republic (C-361/13); B. Martens v Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (C-359/13)2 provisions; Samantha Elrick v Bezirksregierung Köln (C-275/12)2 provisions; Caisse nationale des prestations familiales v Salim Lachheb and Nadia Lachheb (C-177/12)2 provisions; Andreas Ingemar Thiele Meneses v Region Hannover (C-220/12)2 provisions; Laurence Prinz v Region Hannover (C‑523/11) and Philipp Seeberger v Studentenwerk Heidelberg (C‑585/11) (C-523/11, C-585/11)2 provisions; F.P. Jeltes and Others v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen (C-443/11)2 provisions; Ulf Kazimierz Radziejewski v Kronofogdemyndigheten i Stockholm (C-461/11)2 provisions
Cites 11: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; 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; Council Regulation (EC) No 118/97 of 2 December 1996 amending and updating Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71; Michel Trojani v Centre public d'aide sociale de Bruxelles (CPAS) (C-456/02); Rose Hughes v Chief Adjudication Officer, Belfast (C-78/91); Genaro Acciardi v Commissie Beroepszaken Administratieve Geschillen in de Provincie Noord-Holland (C-66/92); Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community; Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 with a view to extending them to cover special schemes for civil servants; Biagio Valentini v ASSEDIC de Lyon (171/82); Siegfried Otte v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-25/95); Vera Hoeckx v Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn, Kalmthout (249/83)