Court of Justice 13 November 1997, C-113/97 (Henia Babahenini v Belgian State.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 In this case, referred by the Tribunal du Travail (Labour Court, Charleroi), the Court has been asked whether a Member State may refuse to pay to the wife of an Algerian worker, both of whom are resident in that State, a social security benefit payable to that State's own nationals.