Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2019:141
Date: 2019-02-26
Language of the case: French
Subject matter: Social security for migrant workers
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling;Reference for a preliminary ruling - decision unnecessary
Origin: Belgium

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 18 January 2018 — V v Institut national d'assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants, Securex Integrity ASBL (Case C-33/18) Language of the case: French Referring court Cour du travail de Liège Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: V Defendants: Institut national d'assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants, Securex Integrity ASBL Questions referred (1) Is Article 87(8) 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 to be interpreted as meaning that a person who, before 1 May 2010, began to pursue an activity as an employed person in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and an activity as a self-employed person in Belgium must, in order to be subject to the legislation applicable pursuant to Regulation 883/2004, submit an explicit request to that effect, even if he was subject to no obligation to pay contributions in Belgium before 1 May 2010 and was made subject to the Belgian legislation on the social security scheme for self-employed persons only retroactively, following the expiry of the three-month period starting on 1 May 2010? (2) If the first question is answered in the affirmative: does the request referred to in Article 87(8) of Regulation 883/2004 and submitted in the circumstances described above entail the application of the legislation of the competent State pursuant to Regulation 883/2004 with retroactive effect from 1 May 2010? ____________ 1 OJ 2004 L 166, p. 1.