A French working in Belgium asked for the payment of the French allowance granted to workers exposed to asbestos. The French administration decided to calculate this allowance compared to the wages perceived by the applicant when he worked in France. The Advocate general of the Court of Justice estimates that French authorities must take into account the current wages of the applicant. (Ref. 06423)
Fabien Nemec, of French citizenship, resided in France and worked several years in a company located in France, where he was exposed to asbestos. It was recognized, in 1995, reached of an occupational disease caused by asbestos. In 1994, after the closing of the French company, he found a job in Belgium where he still working today. In 2004, he requested the benefit of the asbestos allowance, pursuant to a French law to compensate former workers for asbestos. But in accordance with the...
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