CELEX: 62020CN0130
Language: en
Date: 2020-03-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-130/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social n.°3 de Barcelona (Spain) lodged on 9 March 2020 — YJ v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)

15.6.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 201/16
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social n.o3 de Barcelona (Spain) lodged on 9 March 2020 — YJ v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)
      (Case C-130/20)
      (2020/C 201/24)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Referring court
      
      Juzgado de lo Social n.o3 de Barcelona
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: YJ
      
         Defendant: Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)
      
         Question referred
      
      Can a provision like Article 60(4) of the General Law on Social Security (Ley General de la Seguridad Social), which excludes the maternity supplement for women who retire [early] voluntarily, as opposed to those who retire, also voluntarily, at the normal age provided for, or who retire early but on the basis of work performed throughout their working lives, by reason [of] disability, or because they ceased employment before taking retirement through no fault of their own, be considered to constitute direct discrimination for the purposes of Directive 79/7? (1)
      
      
         (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.