11.9.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/14

(Case C-343/17)

(2017/C 300/18)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Fremoluc NV

Defendants: Agentschap voor Grond- en Woonbeleid voor Vlaams-Brabant (Vlabinvest ABP), Vlaams Financieringsfonds voor Grond- en Woonbeleid voor Vlaams-Brabant (Vlaams Financieringsfonds), Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Sociaal Wonen NV (VMSW), Christof De Knop, Valérie De Knop, Melissa De Knop, Joanna De Keersmaecker, Marie-Jeanne Thielemans

Intervener: Vlaams Gewest (Regional Government Fers)

Questions referred

Should Articles 21, 45, 49 and 63 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Articles 22 and 24 of Directive 2004/38/EC (1) of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States be interpreted as precluding a scheme under which a government body develops land with a view to offering plots and homes for sale and rental, on favorable terms, with priority being given to persons who have strong social, economic or socio-cultural ties with the area in which that body operates, and sets conditions with regard to income which the vast majority of those persons can fulfil, such as the scheme which results from reading the following in conjunction with each other:

the besluit van de provincieraad van Vlaams-Brabant van 25 februari 2014 houdende het provinciaal reglement betreffende de werking en het beheer van het Agentschap voor Grond- en Woonbeleid voor Vlaams-Brabant (Decree of the Provincial Council of Flemish Brabant of 25 February 2014 on the provincial regulations on the operation and management of the Agency for Land and Housing Policy for Flemish Brabant) — ‘Vlabinvest APB’;

Article 2/2 of the besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 29 september 2006 betreffende de voorwaarden voor de overdracht van onroerende goederen door de Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Sociaal Wonen en de sociale huisvestingsmaatschappijen ter uitvoering van de Vlaamse Wooncode (Decree of the Flemish Government of 29 September 2006 on the conditions for the transfer of property by the Flemish Social Housing Association and the social housing associations implementing the Flemish Housing Code) (and Article 17, second to sixth paragraphs, of the besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 12 October 2007 tot reglementering van het sociale huurstelsel ter uitvoering van titel VII van de Vlaamse Wooncode (Decree of the Flemish Government of 12 October 2007 for the regulation of the social rental system implementing Title VII of the Flemish Housing Code))?

(1) OJ 2004 L 158, p. 77.