CELEX: 62016CN0451
Language: en
Date: 2016-08-12 00:00:00
Title: Case C-451/16: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) made on 12 August 2016 — MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

17.10.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 383/6
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) made on 12 August 2016 — MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
   (Case C-451/16)
   (2016/C 383/08)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Referring court
   
   Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: MB
   
      Defendant: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
   
      Question referred
   
   The question referred is whether Council Directive 79/7/EEC (1) precludes the imposition in national law of a requirement that, in addition to satisfying the physical, social and psychological criteria for recognizing a change of gender, a person who has changed gender must also be unmarried in order to qualify for a state retirement pension.
   
      (1)  Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security OJ 1979 L 6, p. 24