This policy came to an end with the case K. and A. In it the European Court of Justice ruled that the Dutch hardship was used too restrictive. The Court exemption should also be possible in cases where a single circumstance, such as the education or the health of the examination candidate, leads to obtaining the integration examination becomes impossible or excessively difficult. The requirement that the alien must demonstrate a combination of very special circumstances, is going too far, according to the Court. The Court found the integration exam in addition to expensive abroad