translate English to French: The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court referred the following question to the ECJ:
Social security for assisting spouses of self-employed workers Under the Royal Decree n°38 of 27 July 1967, assisting spouses are excluded from the statutory social security scheme for self-employed workers, except that, in compliance with the minimum requirements of Directive 86/613, they are admitted to the sickness insurance (and the maternity allowance) on a voluntary basis (see EQN, Winter 1998). Such an exclusion should be construed as indirect discrimination against women under Article 4 (1) of Directive 79/7, and results in a dependent and precarious situation for the assisting spouses.