Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2006:107
Date: 2006-02-16
Language of the case: Swedish
Court formation: Second Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Citizenship of the Union;Social Policy;Free movement of workers
Concepts: Equal treatment
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Sweden

Summary of the Judgment Freedom of movement for persons – Workers – Equal treatment (Art. 39 EC) Article 39 EC is to be interpreted as meaning that, where national legislation concerning the allocation of parental benefits applies, which requires a worker to have been affiliated to a sickness insurance scheme for a certain minimum period for the calculation of the amount of those benefits, the period during which a worker was affiliated to the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme of the European Communities must be taken into account. (see para. 26, operative part)