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Summary

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Community law - Principles - Equal treatment - Discrimination on grounds of nationality - State compensation for victims of assault - Discrimination against nationals of other Member States who are entitled to freedom of movement, in particular as recipients of services - Prohibited

( EEC Treaty, Art . 7 )

Summary

The prohibition of discrimination laid down in particular in Article 7 of the EEC Treaty must be interpreted as meaning that in respect of persons whose freedom to travel to a Member State, in particular as recipients of services, is guaranteed by Community law that State may not make the award of State compensation for harm caused in that State to the victim of an assault resulting in physical injury subject to the condition that he hold a residence permit or be a national of a country which has entered into a reciprocal agreement with that Member State .