46The first sentence of Article 7(1)(c) of the Directive sets up, on the one hand, the concept of ‘stable and regular resources which are sufficient to maintain [the applicant]’ against, on the other, that of ‘social assistance’. It follows from this contrast that the concept of ‘social assistance’ in the Directive refers to assistance granted by the public authorities, whether at national, regional or local level, which can be claimed by an individual, in this case the sponsor, who does not have stable and regular resources which are sufficient to maintain himself and the members of his family and who, by reason of that fact, is likely to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State during his period of residence (see, by way of analogy, Case C-291/05 Eind [2007] ECR I-10719, paragraph 29).
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