Key legal question
Whether Art. 19 para. 1 let. a LEE allows the student's income over the two years preceding the training to be averaged when assessing economic independence.
Extracted holding
No. The statute requires that the student prove the minimum income for each relevant year, so that the authority can verify stable resources and economic independence.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that economic independence under Art. 19 LEE depends on a sufficient degree of stability in the applicant's resources. This is not shown by averaging the income of two years; rather, it must be established that the minimum income was reached each year.