19 Predložitveno sodišče z vprašanjem sprašuje Sodišče, ali člena 17 ES in 18 ES, ki državljanom Evropske unije priznavata pravico do prostega gibanja in prebivanja na ozemlju držav članic, nasprotujeta določbi nacionalnega prava, ki za upravičenost do takega nadomestila, kot je v postopku v glavni stvari, določa pogoj dejanskega bivanja v zadevni državi članici, ob upoštevanju dejstva, da je navedeno nadomestilo dodeljeno brezposelnim osebam, starejšim od 50 let, ki se niso dolžne prijaviti kot iskalci zaposlitve.
19 By the question referred, the national court is asking the Court whether Articles 17 and 18 EC, under which citizens of the European Union have the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, preclude a provision of national law which makes entitlement to an allowance such as that at issue in the main proceedings conditional on actual residence in the Member State concerned, given that that allowance is granted to unemployed persons aged over 50 who are exempt from the requirement to register as job-seekers.