Free Movement of Persons

By using these EU law Free Movement of Persons notes, you should be able to discuss the scope of the right of freedom of movement of persons within the EU. Identify the key Treaty provisions and secondary legislation governing the right of freedom of movement of persons. Explain the definition of ‘worker’. Define the primary rights granted to workers and their families. Identify the primary rights of students and the self-employed and discuss the scope of the restrictions on the right of Member States to derogate from the free movement of persons provisions.

Cases

The scope of Article 45

Graf (Case C-190/98) 2000 ECR I-493

Angonese (Case C-281/98) 200 ECR-4139

Definition of “worker”

Lawrie-Blum v Land Baden- Württemberg (Case 66/85) [1986] ECR 2121

Levin v Staatssecretaris van Justitie (Case 53/81) [1982] ECR 1035

Kempf v Staatssecretaris van Justitie (Case 139/85) [1986] ECR 1741

R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal, ex parte Antonissen (Case 292/89) [1991] ECR I-745

The worker’s family

Article 2 of Directive 2004/38.

Equality in social and welfare rights

O’Flynn v Adjudication officer (Case C-237/94) 1996 ECR I-2617

Forini v SNCF (Case 32/75) 1975 ECR 1085

Lair v Universität Hannover (Case 39/86) [1988] ECR 3161

Gaal (Case C-7/94) 1995 ECR I-1031

Derogations to free movement of workers

Colegio de oficales de la marina mecante Espanola (Case C-405/01) 2003 ECR I-10391