Key legal question
Whether the private stipends for writing a habilitation thesis had to be counted as income in the EL calculation
Extracted holding
No. The stipends fell under the statutory exclusion for scholarships and other educational grants.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 11(3)(e) ELG contains an exhaustive exclusion that does not allow a limitation based on whether the grant also covers living expenses. Periodic payment alone does not make the stipends recurring income under Art. 11(1)(d) ELG.