17That argument must be considered in the light of the judgment in Case C-152/03 Ritter-Coulais [2006] ECR I-1711. In that case the Court, examining the position of the appellants in the main proceedings in the light of the principle of freedom of movement for workers set out in Article 48 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 39 EC), observed in paragraphs 31 and 32 of the judgment that any national of a Member State, irrespective of his place of residence and his nationality, who has exercised the right to freedom of movement for workers and who has been employed in a Member State other than that of residence falls within the scope of that provision. It followed that the appellants in the main proceedings, who worked in a Member State other than that of their actual place of residence, fell within the scope of Article 48 of the Treaty.
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