Judgment of the Court of 11 October 2001 in Joined Cases C-95/99 to C-98/99 and C-180/99 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Bundessozialgericht): Mervett Khalil (C-95/99), Issa Chaaban (C-96/99), Hassan Osseili (C-97/99) v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit, Mohamad Nasser (C-98/99) v Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart and Meriem Addou (C-180/99) v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Social security — Article 51 of the EEC Treaty (later Article 51 of the EC Treaty and now, after amendment, Article 42 EC) — Article 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Stateless persons — Refugees)
Date: 2001-12-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, free movement of persons, interpretation of the law, self-employment, social security, wage earner

22.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 369/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 11 October 2001

in Joined Cases C-95/99 to C-98/99 and C-180/99 (refer-
ences for a preliminary ruling from the Bundessozialge-
richt): Mervett Khalil (C-95/99), Issa Chaaban (C-96/99),
Hassan Osseili
(C-97/99) v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit,
Mohamad Nasser (C-98/99) v Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart
and Meriem Addou (C-180/99) v Land Nordrhein-Westfa-
len (1)

(Social security — Article 51 of the EEC Treaty (later Article
51 of the EC Treaty and now, after amendment, Article 42
EC) — Article 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 —
Stateless persons — Refugees)

(2001/C 369/01)

(Language of the case: German)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

(C-95/99),

In Joined Cases C-95/99 to C-98/99 and C-180/99: reference
to the Court under Article 177 of the EC Treaty (now Article
234 EC) from the Bundessozialgericht (Federal Social Court)
(Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending
before that court between Mervett Khalil
Issa
Chaaban (C-96/99), Hassan Osseili (C-97/99) and Bundesan-
stalt für Arbeit, between Mohamad Nasser (C-98/99) and
Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart and between Meriem Addou
(C-180/09) and Land Nordrhein-Westfalen — on the validity
and interpretation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of
14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to
employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members
of their families moving within the Community, as amended
and updated by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001/83 of
2 June 1983 (OJ 1983 L 230, p. 6) — the Court, composed

of: G.C. Rodrı´guez Iglesias, President, P. Jann, F. Macken,
N. Colneric and S. von Bahr (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gul-
mann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, L. Sevo´ n
(Rapporteur), M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen and V. Skouris, Judges;
F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a
judgment on 11 October 2001, in which it has ruled:

1.

Examination of the first question referred has disclosed no factor
of such a kind as to affect the validity of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of
social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed
persons and to members of their families moving within the
Community, as amended and updated by Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983, in so far as it includes in
its personal scope stateless persons or refugees residing in the
territory of one of the Member States and members of their
families.

2. Workers who are stateless persons or refugees residing in the
territory of one of the Member States, and members of their
families, cannot rely on the rights conferred by Regulation
No 1408/71, as amended and updated by Regulation No
2001/83, where they are in a situation which is confined in all
respects within that one Member State.

(1) OJ C 160 of 5.6.1999; OJ C 204 of 17.7.1999.