# C_2014009EN.01001701.xml

| 11.1.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/17 |
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11.1.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 9/17

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) lodged on 7 October 2013 — Lourdes Cachaldora Fernandez v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS)

(Case C-527/13)

2014/C 9/26

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Lourdes Cachaldora Fernandez

Applicant:

Defendants: Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS)

Defendants:

Questions referred

Questions referred

| 1. | Is a national provision, such as additional provision 7(1), rule 3(b) of Spain’s General Law on Social Security, contrary to Article 4 of Council Directive 79/7 (1) of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security, in that it affects a group comprising mainly women, and according to which contribution gaps existing within the period for calculating the reference base of a permanent invalidity contributory pension, after a period of part-time employment, are covered by taking the minimum contribution bases applicable at any time, reduced as a result of the partiality coefficient of the employment before the contribution gap, whereas if the employment is full-time, there is no reduction? |
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Is a national provision, such as additional provision 7(1), rule 3(b) of Spain’s General Law on Social Security, contrary to Article 4 of Council Directive 79/7 (1) of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security, in that it affects a group comprising mainly women, and according to which contribution gaps existing within the period for calculating the reference base of a permanent invalidity contributory pension, after a period of part-time employment, are covered by taking the minimum contribution bases applicable at any time, reduced as a result of the partiality coefficient of the employment before the contribution gap, whereas if the employment is full-time, there is no reduction?

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| 2. | Is a national provision, such as additional provision 7(1), rule 3(b) of Spain’s General Law on Social Security, contrary to clause 5(1)(a) of Council Directive 97/81/EC (2) of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, in that it affects a group comprising mainly women, and according to which contribution gaps existing within the period for calculating the reference base of a permanent invalidity contributory pension, after a period of part-time employment, are covered by taking the minimum contribution bases applicable at any time, reduced as a result of the partiality coefficient of the employment before the contribution gap, whereas if it the employment is full-time, there is no reduction? |
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Is a national provision, such as additional provision 7(1), rule 3(b) of Spain’s General Law on Social Security, contrary to clause 5(1)(a) of Council Directive 97/81/EC (2) of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, in that it affects a group comprising mainly women, and according to which contribution gaps existing within the period for calculating the reference base of a permanent invalidity contributory pension, after a period of part-time employment, are covered by taking the minimum contribution bases applicable at any time, reduced as a result of the partiality coefficient of the employment before the contribution gap, whereas if it the employment is full-time, there is no reduction?

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(1)  OJ 1979 L 6, 10.1.1979, p. 24.

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(2)  OJ 1998 L 14, 20.1.1998, p. 9.

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