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Tokens: Consideration
of
the
questions
referred
The
first
question
35
By
its
first
question
,
the
referring
court
asks
essentially
whether
Article
5
(
1
)
of
Regulation
No
987
/
2009
,
read
together
with
Article
19
(
2
)
thereof
,
must
be
interpreted
as
meaning
that
an
A1
certificate
issued
by
the
competent
institution
of
a
Member
State
under
Article
12
(
1
)
of
Regulation
No
883
/
2004
is
binding
not
only
on
the
institutions
of
the
Member
State
in
which
that
activity
is
carried
out
,
but
also
on
the
courts
of
that
Member
State
.
36
It
should
be
stated
from
the
outset
that
,
according
to
Article
19
(
2
)
of
Regulation
No
987
/
2009
,
the
competent
institution
of
the
Member
State
whose
legislation
is
applicable
pursuant
to
Title
II
of
Regulation
No
883
/
2004
,
which
includes
Article
12
(
1
)
,
is
to
provide
an
attestation
that
such
legislation
is
applicable
and
indicate
,
where
appropriate
,
until
what
date
and
under
what
conditions
.
37
Article
5
(
1
)
of
that
regulation
provides
that
documents
issued
by
the
institution
of
a
Member
State
and
showing
the
position
of
a
person
for
the
purposes
of
the
application
of
Regulations
Nos
883
/
2004
and
987
/
2009
,
and
supporting
evidence
on
the
basis
of
which
the
documents
have
been
issued
,
are
to
be
accepted
by
the
institutions
of
the
other
Member
States
for
as
long
as
they
have
not
been
withdrawn
or
declared
to
be
invalid
by
the
Member
State
in
which
they
were
issued
.
38
It
is
true
,
as
the
referring
court
observes
,
that
that
provision
states
that
the
documents
referred
to
therein
are
binding
on
the
‘
institutions
’
of
Member
States
other
than
the
Member
State
in
which
they
were
issued
,
without
expressly
mentioning
the
courts
of
those
other
Member
States
.
39
However
,
that
provision
also
states
that
such
documents
are
to
be
accepted
‘
for
as
long
as
they
have
not
been
withdrawn
or
declared
invalid
by
the
Member
State
in
which
they
were
issued
’
,
which
suggests
that
,
in
principle
,
only
the
authorities
and
courts
of
the
issuing
Member
State
may
,
where
appropriate
,
withdraw
or
declare
the
A1
certificates
invalid
.
40
That
interpretation
is
supported
by
the
legislative
history
of
Article
5
(
1
)
of
Regulation
No
987
/
2009
and
the
context
in
which
it
is
situated
.
41
In
particular
,
as
regards
the
E
101
certificate
,
which
preceded
the
A1
certificate
,
the
Court
has
already
held
that
the
binding
nature
of
the
first
certificate
issued
by
the
competent
institution
of
a
Member
State
,
in
accordance
with
Article
12a
(
1a
)
of
Council
Regulation
(
EEC
)
No
574
/
72
of
21
March
1972
laying
down
the
procedure
for
implementing
Regulation
No
1408
/
71
(
OJ
,
English
Special
Edition
1972
(
I
)
,
p
.
160
)
,
binds
both
the
institutions
and
the
courts
of
the
Member
State
in
which
the
activity
is
carried
out
(
see
,
to
that
effect
,
judgments
of
26
January
2006
,
Herbosch
Kiere
,
C
‑
2
/
05
,
EU
:
C
:
2006
:
69
,
paragraphs
30
to
32
,
and
of
27
April
2017
,
A-Rosa
Flussschiff
,
C
‑
620
/
15
,
EU
:
C
:
2017
:
309
,
paragraph
51
)
.
42
Recital
12
of
Regulation
No
987
/
2009
provides
,
in
particular
,
that
the
measures
and
procedures
laid
down
by
that
regulation
‘
are
the
result
of
the
case-law
of
the
[
Court
]
,
the
decisions
of
the
Administrative
Commission
and
the
experience
of
more
than
30
years
of
application
of
the
coordination
of
social
security
systems
in
the
context
of
the
fundamental
freedoms
enshrined
in
the
Treaty
’
.
43
Similarly
,
the
Court
has
already
held
that
Regulation
No
987
/
2009
codified
the
Court
’
s
case-law
,
affirming
the
binding
nature
of
the
E
101
certificate
and
the
exclusive
competence
of
the
issuing
institution
to
assess
the
validity
of
that
certificate
,
and
expressly
reproducing
the
procedure
as
a
means
of
resolving
disputes
concerning
both
the
accuracy
of
documents
drawn
up
by
the
competent
institution
of
a
Member
State
and
the
determination
of
the
legislation
applicable
to
the
worker
concerned
(
judgment
of
27
April
2017
,
A-Rosa
Flusschiff
,
C
‑
620
/
15
,
EU
:
C
:
2017
:
309
,
paragraph
59
,
and
order
of
24
October
2017
,
BeluBienstleistung
and
Nikless
,
C
‑
474
/
16
,
not
published
,
EU
:
C
:
2017
:
812
,
paragraph
19
)
.
44
It
follows
that
,
if
,
when
Regulation
No
987
/
2009
was
adopted
,
the
EU
legislature
wished
to
depart
from
the
earlier
case-law
in
that
regard
so
that
the
courts
of
the
Member
State
in
which
the
activity
is
carried
out
are
not
bound
by
the
A1
certificates
issued
in
another
Member
State
,
it
could
have
expressly
provided
for
that
.
45
Furthermore
,
as
the
Advocate
General
observed
in
point
35
of
his
Opinion
,
the
considerations
underlying
the
case-law
of
the
Court
relating
to
the
binding
effect
of
the
E
101
certificates
are
as
valid
in
the
context
of
Regulations
Nos
883
/
2004
and
987
/
2009
.

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O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
B-DAY
B-MONTH
B-YEAR
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
B-PROFESSION
I-PROFESSION
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O