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Document 62009CN0162

    Case C-162/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) (United Kingdom) made on 8 May 2009 — Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Taous Lassal

    OJ C 153, 4.7.2009, p. 29–29 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    4.7.2009   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 153/29

    Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) (United Kingdom) made on 8 May 2009 — Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Taous Lassal

    (Case C-162/09)

    2009/C 153/55

    Language of the case: English

    Referring court

    Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division)

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

    Defendant: Taous Lassal

    Questions referred

    1)

    In circumstances where (i) an EU citizen came to the United Kingdom in September 1999 as a worker and remained as a worker until February 2005 (H) the EU citizen then left the United Kingdom and returned to the Member State of which she is a national for a period of 10 months (iii) the EU citizen returned to the United Kingdom in December 2005 and resided there continuously until November 2006, when she made a claim for social security assistance:

    Is Article 16(1) of Directive 2004/38 of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 to be interpreted as entitling that EU citizen to a right of permanent residence by virtue of the fact that she had been legally resident, in accordance with earlier Community law instruments conferring rights of residence on workers, for a continuous period of five years which ended prior to 30 April 2006 (the date by which Member States had to transpose the Directive)?

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