Case C-247/09: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 November 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg — Germany) — Alketa Xhymshiti v Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Familienkasse Lörrach (Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons — Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and No 574/72 and Regulation (EC) No 859/2003 — Social security for migrant workers — Family benefits — National of a non member country working in Switzerland and residing with his spouse and children in a Member State of which the children are nationals)
Date: 2010-11-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, Switzerland, equal treatment, family benefit, foreign national, interpretation of the law, residence, social security, third country








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15.1.2011   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/11





Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 November 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg — Germany) — Alketa Xhymshiti v Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Familienkasse Lörrach
(Case C-247/09) (1)

(Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons - Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and No 574/72 and Regulation (EC) No 859/2003 - Social security for migrant workers - Family benefits - National of a non member country working in Switzerland and residing with his spouse and children in a Member State of which the children are nationals)
2011/C 13/18
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Alketa Xhymshiti

Defendant: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Familienkasse Lörrach

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg — Interpretation, first, of Council Regulation (EC) No 859/2003 of 14 May 2003 extending the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by those provisions solely on the ground of their nationality (OJ 2003 L 124, p. 1) and, second, of Articles 2, 13 and 76 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community (OJ, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 416) and of Article 10(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 of the Council of 21 March 1972 fixing the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community (OJ, English Special Edition 1972 (I), p. 159) — National of a non-member country working in the Swiss Confederation and residing with his spouse and children in a Member State of which the children are nationals — Refusal of the Member State of residence to grant family benefits — Compatibility of such a refusal of family benefits with the abovementioned Community provisions

Operative part of the judgment







1.


In the case in which a national of a non-member country is lawfully resident in a Member State of the European Union and works in Switzerland, Council Regulation (EC) No 859/2003 of 14 May 2003 extending the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by those provisions solely on the ground of their nationality does not apply to that person in his Member State of residence, in so far as Regulation No 859/2003 is not among the Community acts mentioned in section A of Annex II to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, signed at Luxembourg on 21 June 1999, which the parties to that agreement undertake to apply. Consequently, there is no obligation on the Member State of residence to apply 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, in the version amended and updated by Council Regulation (EC) No 118/97 of 2 December 1996, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1992/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006, and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 fixing the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, in the version amended and updated by Regulation No 118/97, to that employee and his spouse;










2.


Articles 2, 13 and 76 of Regulation No 1408/71 and Article 10(1)(a) of Regulation No 574/72 are irrelevant in respect of a national of a non-member country in the situation of the claimant in the main proceedings, in so far as her situation is governed by the legislation of the Member State of residence. The fact that that national’s children are citizens of the European Union cannot, by itself, make the refusal to grant child allowance in the Member State of residence unlawful where, as is evident from the referring court’s findings, the statutory conditions which must be satisfied for the purposes of such a grant are not fulfilled.






(1)  OJ C 233, 26.9.2009.