Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Ankenævnet for Uddannelsesstøtten (Denmark), lodged on 26 January 2012 — L.N.

(Case C-46/12)

2012/C 109/12

Language of the case: Danish

Referring tribunal

Ankenævnet for Uddannelsesstøtten (Appeals Tribunal, the Danish Students’ Grants and Loans Scheme)

Party to the main proceedings

Applicant: L.N.

Question referred

Does Article 7(1)(c), read in conjunction with Article 24(2), of the Directive on residence) (1) mean that a Member State (host Member State), in the assessment of whether a person must be deemed to be a worker entitled to education assistance, may take account of the fact that the person entered the host Member State for the principal purpose of following a course of study, with the result that the host Member State is not obliged to grant education assistance aid for studies to that person (see aforementioned Article 24(2) of the Directive on residence)?

(1)  Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 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, amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (OJ 2004 L 158, p. 77).