cf Judgement of the European Court of Justice of 21 December 2011, Joined Cases C‑424/10 and C‑425/10, Ziolkowski, Szeja and Others v Land Berlin: Judgement & Press release. The ECJ held that periods of residence completed by a national of a non-Member State before the accession of that State to the EU must be taken into account when calculating the five year qualifying period for permanent residence, provided that the conditions laid down in Article 7(1) of Directive 2004/38/EC are satisfied.
cf Judgement of the European Court of Justice of 21 December 2011, Joined Cases C‑424/10 and C‑425/10, Ziolkowski, Szeja and Others v Land Berlin: Judgement & Press release. The ECJ held that periods of residence completed by a national of a non-Member State before the accession of that State to the EU must be taken into account when calculating the five year qualifying period for permanent residence, provided that the conditions laid down in Article 7(1) of Directive 2004/38/EC are satisfied.
