CJEC precises the conditions of benefit of the right to freedom of movement of a third country national married to a Community national

CJEC has decided that community law does not confer to a national of a non EU country the right to take up an activity as an employed person in a Member State other than the one in which his spouse, a Community national, works or worked. (Réf. 06317)
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Mr Cikotic, a national of a non EU country, is married to Ms Mattern, of Luxembourg nationality, and they reside in Belgium. Ms Mattern has followed vocational secondary education training in Belgium. She also attended professional training as a care assistant in that Member State. Her husband asked Luxembourg authorities for a work permit; but the application was rejected. The Administrative Court referred to the CJEC a question for a preliminary ruling, asking the Court if a national of a thi

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