Opinion of Advocate General Gulmann delivered on 2 February 1994

1 Original language: Danish.

2 Case 293/83 Gravier v City of Liège [1985] ECR 593.

3 Case 24/86 Blaizot v University of Liège [1988] ECR 379.

4 Case 293/85 Commission v Belgium [1988] ECR 305.

5 Exemptions also applied to foreign students [that is, students other than those of Belgian and Luxembourg nationality] whose parents or legal guardians are domiciled or resident in Belgium and carry on or have carried on their main occupation there; students residing in Belgian territory whose parents or legal guardians are or have been employed on Belgian territory and are nationals of a Member State of the European Economic Community.

6 Case 152/82 Forcheri v Belgium [1983] ECR 2323.

7 Article 16(2) of the 1985 Law added a new paragraph 7 to Article 27 of the 1971 Law which provides: The rector of the university may, from the 1985/86 academic year, refuse to register students who arc not eligible for financing.

8 Case 42/87 Commission v Belgium [1988] ECR 5445.

9 Case 309/85 Barra v Belgium [1988] ECR 355.

10 Case 152/82 Forcheń v Belgium [1983] ECR 2323.