Sentences with phrase «national legal grounds»

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Colin Fricker, the director of legal and legislative affairs for the Direct Marketing Association, believes the registrar already has enough powers to investigate, provided that the government does not claim immunity from the data protection laws on national security grounds.

30 In those circumstances, it appears that the outcome of the dispute in the main proceedings is dependent on knowing whether a Member State may refuse to grant the compensatory supplement to nationals of other Member States on the grounds that — like Mr Brey — they do not, despite having been issued with a certificate of residence, meet the necessary requirements for obtaining the legal right to reside on the territory of that Member State for a period of longer than three months, since, in order to obtain that right, the person concerned must have sufficient resources not to apply for, inter alia, the compensatory supplement.

Member States should also provide, where appropriate and in accordance with their national traditions and practice, protection for legal persons where they suffer discrimination on grounds of the racial or ethnic origin of their members.»

80 In the light of all of the foregoing, the answer to the question referred is that EU law — in particular, as it results from Article 7 (1)(b), Article 8 (4) and Article 24 (1) and (2) of Directive 2004/38 — must be interpreted as precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which, even as regards the period following the first three months of residence, automatically — whatever the circumstances — bars the grant of a benefit, such as the compensatory supplement provided for in Paragraph 292 (1) of the ASVG, to a national of another Member State who is not economically active, on the grounds that, despite having been issued with a certificate of residence, he does not meet the necessary requirements for obtaining the legal right to reside on the territory of the first Member State for a period of longer than three months, since obtaining that right of residence is conditional upon that national having sufficient resources not to apply for the benefit.