Court of Justice 12 March 2009, C-22/08 and C-23/08 (Athanasios Vatsouras (C-22/08) and Josif Koupatantze (C-23/08) v Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE) Nürnberg 900.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The Sozialgericht (Social Court), Nuremberg, has referred three questions to the Court of Justice under Article 234 EC for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 12 EC and Article 39 EC, and on the validity of Article 24(2) of Directive 2004/38 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family