''Trojani v Centre public d'aide sociale de Bruxelles'' (2004
C-456/02is an
EU law
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case, concerning the
free movement of persons
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and citizenship in the European Union.
Facts
A
Salvation Army
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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
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. He got accommodation after at the Salvation Army hostel 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.
See also
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European Union law
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