CELEX: C2001/186/05
Language: en
Date: 2001-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 March 2001 in Case C-85/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof, Austria): by Vincent Offermanns and Esther Offermanns (Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Definition of "family benefits" — National legislation providing for payment of advances on maintenance payments due by a worker to his minor child — Condition concerning the child's nationality)

30.6.2001                 EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                            C 186/3
D.A.O. Edward, P. Jann and L. Sevón (Rapporteur), Judges;                   ings pending before that court by Vincent Offermanns and
J. Mischo, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal Adminis-                   Esther Offermanns — on the interpretation of Articles 3 and
trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 15 March                  4(1)(h) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June
2001, in which it has ruled:                                                 1971 on the application of social security schemes to
                                                                             employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members
1.    In order to determine whether a frontier worker is to be regarded      of their families moving within the Community, as amended
      as partially unemployed or wholly unemployed within the                and updated by Council Regulation (EC) No 118/97 of
      meaning of Article 71(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC)                2 December 1996 (OJ 1997 L 28, p. 1), and of Articles 6 and
      No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social                52 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 12 EC
      security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons         and 43 EC), — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: A. La
      and to members of their families moving within the Community,          Pergola, President of the Chamber, M. Wathelet, D.A.O. Edward
      as amended and updated by Council Regulation (EEC)                     (Rapporteur), P. Jann and L. Sevón, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate
      No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983, uniform Community criteria                  General; H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar,
      must be applied. That assessment may not be made on the                has given a judgment on 15 March 2001, in which it has
      basis of criteria drawn from national law.                             ruled:
2.    If, in a Member State other than that in whose territory he
      resides, a worker remains in employment with the same                  A benefit such as the advances on maintenance payments provided
      undertaking, but part-time, while remaining available for work         for by the Austrian Bundesgesetz über die Gewährung von Vorschüss-
      on a full-time basis, he is partially unemployed and the related       en auf den Unterhalt von Kindern (Unterhaltsvorschussgesetz)
      benefits are to be provided by the competent institution of that       (Federal Austrian Law on the Grant of Advances on Maintenance for
      State. On the other hand, if a frontier worker no longer has any       Children) constitutes a family benefit within the meaning of
      link with that State and is wholly unemployed, those benefits          Article 4(1)(h) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June
      are to be provided by the institution of the place of residence at     1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed
      its own expense. It is for the national court to determine on the      persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families
      basis of those criteria, in the case pending before it, the category   moving within the Community, as amended and, updated by Council
      to which the worker in question belongs.                               Regulation (EC) No 118/97 of 2 December 1996. Consequently,
                                                                             persons residing in the territory of a Member State to which the
                                                                             provisions of that regulation apply are entitled, in accordance with
(1) OJ C 48 of 20.2.1999.                                                    Article 3 of that regulation, to receive such a benefit under the
                                                                             legislation of that Member State on the same conditions as that
                                                                             State’s nationals.
                                                                             (1) OJ C 174 of 19.6.1999.
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                            (Fifth Chamber)
                           of 15 March 2001                                              ORDER OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE
in Case C-85/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                                               (Third Chamber)
the Oberster Gerichtshof, Austria): by Vincent
             Offermanns and Esther Offermanns (1)                                                   of 16 November 2000
(Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Definition of ‘family                         in Case C-289/99 P: Schiocchet SARL v Commission of
benefits’ — National legislation providing for payment of                                     the European Communities (1)
advances on maintenance payments due by a worker to his
minor child — Condition concerning the child’s nationality)                  (Appeal — International coach and bus transport of passen-
                                                                                          gers — Appeal manifestly unfounded)
                            (2001/C 186/05)
                                                                                                        (2001/C 186/06)
                    (Language of the case: German)
                                                                                                  (Language of the case: French)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                     in the European Court Reports)                          (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                                 in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-85/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Oberster                         In Case C-289/99 P: Schiocchet SARL, having its registered
Gerichtshof, Austria, for a preliminary ruling in the proceed-               office in Beuvillers, France, represented by P. Barbier, avocat,