Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2011:114
Date: 2011-03-03
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Social security for migrant workers
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Poland

Summary of the Judgment Social security for migrant workers – Old-age and survivor’s insurance – Periods to be taken into consideration (Council Regulation No 1408/71, Art. 45(1)) Article 45(1) of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended and updated by Regulation No 118/97, as amended by Regulation No 1992/2006, must be interpreted as meaning that, in the determination of the minimum insurance period required by national law for the purpose of the acquisition by a migrant worker of entitlement to a retirement pension, the competent institution of the Member State concerned must take into consideration, for the purposes of determining the limit which non-contribution periods may not exceed in relation to contribution periods, as provided for by the legislation of that Member State, all insurance periods completed in the course of the migrant worker’s career, including those completed in other Member States. (see para. 39, operative part)