62023CJ0116_SUM
Case C‑116/23
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Sozialministeriumservice
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht)
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 April 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social security – Migrant workers – Family benefits – Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 – Article 3 – Sickness benefits – Scope – Care leave allowance – National of a Member State residing and working in another Member State and caring for a family member in the first Member State – Ancillary nature in respect of the care allowance – Article 4 – Equality of treatment)
Social security – Migrant workers – EU rules – Substantive scope – Sickness benefits – Concept – Care leave allowance – Worker from one Member State who provides assistance to and cares for a close relative in receipt of a care allowance, residing in another Member State, and who is on unpaid leave on that basis – Included
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 883/2004, Art. 3(1)(a))
(see paragraphs 36-40, 44, operative part 1)
Social security – Migrant workers – Sickness insurance – Cash benefits – Concept – Care leave allowance – Worker from one Member State who provides assistance to and cares for a close relative in receipt of a care allowance, residing in another Member State, and who is on unpaid leave on that basis – Ancillary to the care allowance – Included
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 883/2004, Art. 21(1))
(see paragraphs 41-44, operative part 1)
Free movement of persons – Workers – Equal treatment – Social and tax advantages – National legislation making the grant of a care leave allowance dependent on the grant of a care allowance of a certain level – Not permissible – Justification – Maintaining the financial balance of the national social security system – Proportionality – Verification by the national court
(Art. 45 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulations No 883/2004, Art. 4, and No 492/2011, Art. 7(2))
(see paragraphs 52-54, 56-59, 61-65, operative part 2)
Social security – Migrant workers – Equal treatment – Grant of a care leave allowance and of a family hospice leave allowance subject to different conditions – National legislation not allowing an application for care leave to be reclassified as an application for family hospice leave – Whether permissible
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 883/2004, Art. 4)
(see paragraphs 69-73, operative part 3)
See the text of the decision.