Ruling court European Court of Justice | ||
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Citation(s) (2004) C-456/02, [2004] ECR I-07573 Similar Angonese v Cassa di Risparmi, Commission v France (1997), Rewe‑Zentral AG v Bundesm | ||
Trojani v Centre public d'aide sociale de Bruxelles (2004) C-456/02 is an EU law case, concerning the free movement of persons and citizenship in the European Union.
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Facts
A Salvation Army volunteer, claimed the minimex, the minimum subsistence allowance, from CPAS, the Centre public d'aide sociale de Bruxelles in Belgium. He was French, and went to Belgium in 2000, staying at a camp site in Blankenberge, and then the Jacques Brel youth hostel Brussels. He got accommodation after at the Salvation Army hostle from January 2002. He got board, lodging and pocket money for doing jobs for 30 hours a week, as part of a ‘personal socio-occupational reintegration programme'. CPAS refused because he was not Belgian, and said he could not benefit from the Free Movement of Workers Regulation 1612/68.
Judgment
The Court of Justice, Grand Chamber, held that Mr Trojani would be protected as a worker.