Case C‑27/23 [Hocinx] (i)
FV
v
Caisse pour l’avenir des enfants
(Request for a preliminary ruling
from the Cour de cassation (Luxembourg))
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 May 2024
( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 45 TFEU – Freedom of movement for workers – Equal treatment – Social advantages – Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 – Article 7(2) – Family allowance – Worker having custody of a child placed with that worker by a court order – Resident worker and non-resident worker – Difference in treatment – No justification )
Free movement of persons – Workers – Equal treatment – Social advantages – National legislation under which a child placed by a court order with a non-resident worker and of whom that worker has custody is not entitled to a family allowance – Allowance granted to a child placed by court order residing in the same Member State – Not permissible – No justification – Conditions for the grant of that allowance to non-resident workers to be taken into account only if the same conditions are applied to resident workers
(Art. 45 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulations No 492/2011, Art. 7(2), and No 883/2004, recital 8 and Art. 4; Council Regulations No 2019/1111, Arts 1(2)(d), and 30(1), and No 2201/2003, Arts 1(2)(d) and 21(1))
(see paragraphs 26-29, 31, 35-41, operative part)
See the text of the decision.
i      The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.