Judgment;Abstract — ECLI:EU:C:2021:659
Date: 2021-09-02
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Grand Chamber
Subject matter: Social security for migrant workers
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Italy

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte costituzionale (Italy) lodged on 30 July 2020 – O.D., R.I.H.V., B.O., F.G., M.K.F.B., E.S., N.P. and S.E.A. v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) (Case C-350/20) Language of the case: Italian Referring court Corte costituzionale Parties to the main proceedings Applicants: O.D., R.I.H.V., B.O., F.G., M.K.F.B., E.S., N.P. and S.E.A. Defendant: Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) Question referred Is Article 34 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, proclaimed at Nice on 7 December 2000 and adjusted at Strasbourg on 12 December 2007, to be interpreted as applying to childbirth and maternity allowances under Article 3(1)(b) and (j) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, 1 referred to in Article 12(1)(e) of Directive 2011/98/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on a single application procedure for a single permit, 2 and is EU law therefore to be interpreted as precluding national legislation which fails to extend the abovementioned benefits, which are already granted to foreign nationals holding a long-term resident’s EU residence permit, to foreign nationals who hold a single permit under that directive? ____________ 1 OJ 2004 L 166, p. 1. 2 Directive 2011/98/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (OJ 2011 L 343, p. 1).