Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2012:214
Date: 2012-04-19
Language of the case: Dutch
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Social security for migrant workers
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - inadmissible
Origin: Netherlands

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Unambiguous wording of the form of order sought by the applicant (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 38(1)(c)) (see paras 15-22) Re: Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 3(1) and 13(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (OJ 1971 L 149, p. 2) and of Articles 45 TFEU to 48 TFEU — Refusal to pay certain benefits to workers living in the Member States of the European Union who are employed on drilling platforms in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible; 2. Orders the European Commission to pay the costs; 3. Orders the Portuguese Republic to bear its own costs.