Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 28 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano — Italy) — Associazione per gli Studi Giuridici sull’Immigrazione (ASGI), Avvocati per niente onlus (APN), Associazione NAGA — Organizzazione di volontariato per l’Assistenza Socio-Sanitaria e per i Diritti di Cittadini Stranieri, Rom e Sinti v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri — Dipartimento per le politiche della famiglia, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

(Case C-462/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2003/109/EC - Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents - Article 11 - Directive 2011/98/EU - Rights of third-country workers who hold a single permit - Article 12 - Directive 2009/50/EC - Rights of third-country nationals who hold an EU Blue Card - Article 14 - Directive 2011/95/EU - Rights of beneficiaries of international protection - Article 29 - Equal treatment - Social security - Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 - Coordination of social security systems - Article 3 - Family benefits - Social assistance - Social protection - Access to goods and services - Legislation of a Member State excluding third-country nationals from eligibility for a ‘family card’)

(2022/C 2/14)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale di Milano

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Associazione per gli Studi Giuridici sull’Immigrazione (ASGI), Avvocati per niente onlus (APN), Associazione NAGA — Organizzazione di volontariato per l’Assistenza Socio-Sanitaria e per i Diritti di Cittadini Stranieri, Rom e Sinti

Defendants: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri — Dipartimento per le politiche della famiglia, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

Operative part of the judgment

Article 12(1)(e) of Directive 2011/98/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State, and Article 14(1)(e) of Council Directive 2009/50/EC of 25 May 2009 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment, must be interpreted as not precluding legislation of a Member State which excludes third-country nationals covered by those directives from eligibility for a card granted to families allowing access to discounts or price reductions when purchasing goods and services supplied by public or private entities which have entered into an agreement with the government of that Member State.

Article 11(1)(d) of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents must be interpreted as not precluding such legislation either, in so far as such a card does not come, according to the national legislation of that Member State, within the concepts of ‘social security’, ‘social assistance’ or ‘social protection’.

Article 29 of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted, must be interpreted as precluding such legislation if that card comes within an assistance scheme established by the public authorities to which recourse may be had by an individual who does not have resources sufficient to meet his or her own basic needs and those of his or her family.

Article 11(1)(f) of Directive 2003/109, Article 12(1)(g) of Directive 2011/98 and Article 14(1)(g) of Directive 2009/50 must be interpreted as precluding such legislation.

(1) OJ C 433, 14.10.2020.