CELEX: 62020CA0244
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Case C-244/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — F.C.I. v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 79/7/EEC — Article 3(2) — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Survivors’ benefits — Survivor’s pension based on a de facto partnership — Exclusion clause — Validity — Prohibition of any discrimination based on sex — Benefit which does not come within the scope of Directive 79/7 — Inadmissibility — Article 21(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Non-discrimination on grounds of sex — Article 17(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to property — Legal situation which does not come within the scope of EU law — Lack of jurisdiction)

13.12.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 502/9
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — F.C.I. v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)
      (Case C-244/20) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 79/7/EEC - Article 3(2) - Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security - Survivors’ benefits - Survivor’s pension based on a de facto partnership - Exclusion clause - Validity - Prohibition of any discrimination based on sex - Benefit which does not come within the scope of Directive 79/7 - Inadmissibility - Article 21(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Non-discrimination on grounds of sex - Article 17(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Right to property - Legal situation which does not come within the scope of EU law - Lack of jurisdiction)
      (2021/C 502/12)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Referring court
      
      Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Appelant: F.C.I.
      
         Respondent: Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  The first question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña (High Court of Justice of Catalonia, Spain) is inadmissible;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  The Court of Justice of the European Union has no jurisdiction to answer the second to fourth questions referred for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña (High Court of Justice of Catalonia).
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.