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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10719
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Belgium's criteria for interim welfare payments are too stringent

Brussels, 26/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - Belgian rules that require people to have studied for at least six years in Belgian schools if they are to be entitled to interim welfare payments (allocations d'attente) infringe the EU rules on the free circulation of individuals and are an obstacle to taking account of other factors that can establish a genuine connection between an applicant for welfare payments and the Belgian labour market. They therefore exceed what is necessary to achieve the...

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