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Ms. Levin was a British national, married to a South African national, who moved to the Netherlands. Ms. Levin had undertaken a small amount of part-time work and she and her husband supplemented their earned income with investment income. The earned income was far below what could be regarded as a necessary income according to Dutch Law. The question was whether she could be regarded as a worker for the purposes of EU law. The European Court of Justice stated that it does not matter if the income is lower than the minimum required for subsistence.