Judgment_paragraph 46 · Tomasz Ziolkowski and Barbara Szeja and Others v Land Berlin (C-424/10, C-425/10)

46It follows that the concept of legal residence implied by the terms ‘have resided legally’ in Article 16(1) of Directive 2004/38 should be construed as meaning a period of residence which complies with the conditions laid down in the directive, in particular those set out in Article 7(1).