Gravier v City of Liège

Gravier v City of Liege
Court	European Court of Justice
Decided	13 February 1985
Citations	(1985) Case 293/83, [1985] ECR 593
Keywords
Right to education, tuition fees, discrimination

Gravier v City of Liege (1985) Case 293/83 is a leading case on non-discrimination in access to education, including vocational training and university education. It held that an education institution may not discriminate against students in terms of the fees they charge on grounds of nationality.

The judgment did not concern maintenance grants from the government. In order to claim those, the ECJ's decisions in Bidar and Förster v Hoofddirectie van de Informatie Beheer Groep state that a person can be required to have lived in a country for five years prior to a claim.

See also

• Free movement of workers
• Right to education

References

• Sacha Garben, EU Higher Education Law: The Bologna Process and Harmonization by Stealth (2011)
• Dr. Walter Demmelhuber, The European Court of Justice advancing Student Mobility, CEDEFOP, Vocational Training Nr. 21 (PDF)