Judgment_paragraph 45 · Nicolas Bressol and Others and Céline Chaverot and Others v Gouvernement de la Communauté française (C-73/08)

45A residence condition, such as that required by that legislation, is more easily satisfied by Belgian nationals, who more often than not reside in Belgium, than by nationals of other Member States, whose residence is generally in a Member State other than Belgium (see, by analogy, Case C-337/97 Meeusen [1999] ECR I-3289, paragraphs 23 and 24, and Hartmann, paragraph 31).