62020CO0574_INF
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 January 2023 –Finanzamt Österreich
(Case C‑574/20) (
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(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Social security – Family benefits – Indexation based on price – Answer to a question referred for a preliminary ruling which may be clearly deduced from existing case-law – No connection between the question referred for a preliminary ruling and the dispute in the main proceedings – Question manifestly inadmissible)
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Social security – Migrant workers – Family allowances – Worker subject to the legislation of a Member State – Members of his family residing in another Member State – Prohibition on the adaptation of family allowances on the basis of price levels in the State of residence of the beneficiary’s children – Assessment of the validity of Article 7 of Regulation No 883/2004 in the light of Article 45 TFEU – Validity
(Art. 45 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 883/2004, Arts 7 and 67)
(see paragraphs 32-38, operative part 1)
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Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information regarding the factual and legislative context – Statement of the reasons for requiring an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling
(Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94)
(see paragraphs 42-51, operative part 2)
Operative part
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Examination of the first question referred for a preliminary ruling has revealed nothing capable of affecting the validity of Article 7 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, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012, in the light of Article 45 TFEU.
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The second question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Bundesfinanzgericht (Federal Finance Court, Austria) is manifestly inadmissible.
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