38Although Member States retain the power to organise their social security schemes, they must nonetheless, when exercising that power, observe EU law and, in particular, the provisions of the EC Treaty on freedom of movement for workers and the right of establishment (see judgment in Government of the French Community and Walloon Government, C‑212/06, EU:C:2008:178, paragraph 43).
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