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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10382
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/employment

Belgian language law breaches EU law

Brussels, 19/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Under current Belgian law, candidates wishing to work in the local public sector in its Dutch-, French- and German-speaking regions are required to obtain a specific language certificate issued in Belgium as proof of linguistic knowledge if they have not followed education in the language of the region. Following a complaint by an Austrian citizen, the European Commission has formed the view that this legislation is discriminatory, disproportionate and...

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