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Også Kommissionen antager først i sit indlæg, at den marokkanske arbejdstager — som oplyst af den forelæggende ret — opgav sit marokkanske statsborger skab, da han blev belgisk statsborger.
In its written observations the Com mission also first assumes, as the referring court stated, that the Moroccan worker renounced his Moroccan nationality when he acquired Belgian nationality.
I analogi med Domstolens praksis5udtaler den, at indstævnte i den periode, ansøgningen tager sigte på, ikke længere var familiemedlem til en marokkansk arbejdstager.
By analogy with the caselaw of the Court of Justice 5 it states that the plaintiff was no longer a member of the family of a Moroccan worker at the time for which the application was submitted.
Således består der ingen tilknytning til en situation, der er dækket af aftalen.
Therefore, there is no connecting factor with a situation that is covered by the Agreement.
Da tabet af det marokkanske statsborgerskab efter den forelæggende rets oplysninger endda indtrådte inden aftalens ikrafttræden, har indstævnte, ligesom svigersønnen, aldrig kunnet påberåbe sig nævnte aftale.
Since, according to the referring court, the Moroccan nationality was in fact lost before the Agreement entered into force, neither the plaintiff nor her son-in-law were ever able to rely on that Agreement.
Kommissionen henviser herved til Domstolens dom i Tsiotras-sagen 6.
In that respect the Commission refers to the judgment of the Court of Justice in the case of Tsiotras. 6
Desuden påpeger Kommissionen, at formålet med artikel 41, stk. 1 — at hindre enhver i nationaliteten begrundet forskels behandling — pr. definition er nået, såfremt situationen for den arbejdstager, der er blevet belgier, samt forholdene for familien er reguleret efter belgisk ret.
Furthermore, the Commission notes that the objective of Article 41(1), that is to say the exclusion of any discrimination on the ground of nationality, is achieved by definition when the circumstances of the worker who has become Belgian and his family are governed by Belgian law.
Spørgsmålet om, hvorledes sagen skulle afgøres, såfremt indstævntes svigersøn
In its written submissions the Commission gives only brief consideration to the
Belgien bestrider ikke, at den her omhandlede arbejdstager ifølge marok kansk ret stadig er marokkansk statsborger.
Belgium does not dispute that the worker in this case still possesses Moroccan nationality under Moroccan law.
Den pågældende kan ifølge Belgien ikke høste fordele af to statsborgerskaber, idet han må finde sig i som belgisk statsborger alene at være omfattet af belgisk ret.
However, it claims that he may not derive benefit from both nationalities, but that as a Belgian national Belgian law alone applies to him.
I en skrivelse i tilknytning til den mundtlige forhandling erklærede den belgiske regering endnu en gang som oplysning, at indstævntes svigersøn, som ud over sit marokkanske statsborgerskab er blevet belgisk statsborger, ifølge belgisk ret betragtes således, at han kun har belgisk statsborgerskab, ikke marokkansk, for Bel
In a letter written after the hearing the Belgian Government once again stated, by way of an explanation, that the plaintiff's son-in-law, who had acquired Belgian nationality in addition to his Moroccan nationality, is regarded under Belgian law as having only Belgian nationality and not Moroccan nationality, since Belgium does
FORSLAG TIL AFGØRELSE FRA GENERALADVOKAT ALBER — SAG C-179/98 den først går ud fra, at den marokkanske statsborger har beholdt det marokkanske statsborgerskab.
OPINION OF MR ALBER — CASE C-179/98 worker has retained his Moroccan nation ality.
havde beholdt sit marokkanske statsborgerskab, behandler Kommissionen kun kort i sit indlæg, hvorved den når til det resultat, at man i overensstemmelse med Micheletti-dommen 7 vel ikke kan afskære en marokkansk statsborger og de med ham i Belgien samboende familiemedlemmer fordelene ved samarbejdsaftalen alene af den grund, at han ud over sit marokkanske statsborgerskab også er blevet belgisk stats borger.
question how the case should be resolved if the plaintiff's son-in-law has retained his Moroccan nationality and concludes that, in accordance with the judgment in Micheletti, 7 it is unlikely that a Moroccan worker and the members of his family living with him in Belgium may be denied the advantages stemming from the Cooperation Agreement merely because he has acquired Belgian nationality in addition to his Moroccan nationality.
Kommissionen henviser imidlertid også til, at enhver fastslåelse af faktum er den nationale rets opgave, hvorfor Dom stolen kun kan støtte sig på de fakta, som er blevet fremlagt af den forelæggende ret.
However, the Commission also points out that it is for the national court to establish any relevant facts and therefore the Court of Justice is only able to rely on the facts as presented by the referring court.
I dette tilfælde er det ubestrideligt, at den pågældende formelt stadig kan påberåbe sig samarbejdsaftalen.
It maintains that in this case it is beyond dispute that formally he is still able to rely on the Cooperation Agreement.
Ganske vist er han som belgier sikkert ikke længere interesseret heri, da han ikke er blevet forskels behandlet i forhold til andre belgiske arbejdstagere.
As a Belgian he certainly has no further interest in it, as he is not subjected to discriminatory treatment in relation to other Belgian workers.
Men hans familiemedlem mer har stadig kunnet påberåbe sig aftalen, for tilknytningspunktet — arbejdstagerens marokkanske statsborgerskab — består fortsat.
However, the members of his family are still able to rely on the Agree ment since the connecting factor — the Moroccan nationality of the worker — continues to exist.
I dette tilfælde kan man analogt påberåbe sig Micheletti-dommen, hvorefter virkningerne af statsborgerskab bestemmes af den medlemsstat, der tildeler statsborgerskabet.
In this case it is possible to rely by analogy on the judgment in Micheletti, according to which the effects of nationality are determined by the Member State which grants its nationality.
En anden medlemsstat kan ikke indskrænke disse virkninger.
Another Member State cannot restrict those effects.
Det har Kommissionen også påberåbt sig under den mundtlige forhandling.
It also referred to that fact at the hearing.
På den anden side henviser den imidlertid til den i mellemtiden fremlagte attestation på, at indstævntes svigersøn har beholdt sit marokkanske statsborgerskab.
However, it also refers to the proof, that has since been produced, that the plaintiff's son-in-law has retained his Moroccan nationality.
Det kan man tage hensyn til ved formuleringen af besvarelsen, hvorved det er vigtigt at for mulere svaret således, at den forelæggende ret skal efterprøve, hvorledes situationerne vedrørende arbejdstagerens statsborger skab rent faktisk er i virkeligheden.
Account may be taken of that when the answer is drawn up, in which case it is important that the answer should be worded in such a way that the referring court is required to reexamine what the situation relating to the worker's nationality actually is.
Af denne grund har Kommissionen under den mundtlige forhandling også taget stilling til andre tilfældegrupper, hvorved
For that reason the Commission examined further categories of case at the hearing, assuming first that the Moroccan
Herved går den ud fra, at arbejdstageren på tidspunktet for aftalens ikrafttræden havde marokkansk statsborgerskab og først senere ikke længere havde det.
It assumes that the worker possessed Moroccan nationality at the time the Agreement entered into force and only lost it subsequently.
I det tilfælde er det vigtigt, at han stadig var marokkansk statsborger i det tidsrum, for hvilket handicapydelsen blev ansøgt.
In that case it is significant that he still possessed Moroccan nationality during the period for which the disability allow ance was applied for.
Er denne betingelse ikke opfyldt, er der ikke længere nogen forbindelse til samarbejdsaftalen.
If that condition is not satisfied, no connecting factor with the Cooperation Agreement exists.
Herved henviser Kom missionen til retssikkerhedsprincippet, som
In that respect it refers to the principle of legal certainty, which the Court of Justice also
7 — Dom af 7.7.1992, sag C-369/90, Sml. I, s. 4239.
7 — Judgment in Case C-369/90 Micheletti and Others v Delegación del Gobierno en Catabria [1992] ECR I-4239.
Domstolen tillige bekræftede i Belbouabdommen og Buhari Haji-dommen 8.
8 judgment the Court of Justice ruled that the members of the family who had lived with the deceased worker could continue to rely on the Cooperation Agreement.
Denne storsindede for tolkning, som tillige er beskyttelsesorienteret, kunne man acceptere i denne sag, såfremt indstævnte boede med sin svigersøn i Belgien på et tidspunkt, da han stadig var marokkaner.
That magnanimous and protection-minded interpretation could be accepted in this case if the plaintiff had lived with her son-in-law in Belgium at a time when he was still a Moroccan.
Aftalen finder kun anvendelse på familiemedlemmer til marokkanske arbejdstagere, som har boet med arbejdstageren i den pågældende medlemsstat.
The Agreement applies only to the members of the family of a Moroccan worker who live with him in the Member State concerned.
Da indstævnte imidlertid først kom til Belgien i 1985, mens svigersønnen allerede i slutningen af 1970'erne mistede sit marokkanske statsborgerskab, har hun aldrig kunnet påberåbe sig aftalen.
However, since the plaintiff did not come to Belgium until 1985 and her son-in-law lost his Moroccan nation ality at the end of the 1970s, she was never able to rely on the Agreement.
Desuden støttede Domstolen i Krid-dommen sig også på argumenterne vedrørende retsreglernes ordlyd.
Further more, in its judgment in Krid the Court of Justice also relied on arguments contained in the wording.
Da man i aftalens tekst også henviser til efterladtepensioner, kom Dom stolen til den opfattelse, at også efterladte er omfattet af aftalen.
Since the wording of the Agreement referred to survivor's pensions, the Court of Justice concluded that survivors were also covered by it.
Tilsvarende argumenter har Kommissionen dog ikke kunnet finde i det foreliggende tilfælde, i hvilket arbejdstageren har opgivet sit marokkanske statsborgerskab for — som her — at blive belgier, hvorfor man ikke kan gå ud fra, at samarbejdsaftalen stadig kan finde anven delse i et sådant tilfælde.
However, the Commission was unable to find similar arguments in the present case, where the worker renounced his Moroccan national ity in order to become a Belgian — as he has here —- and therefore it cannot be assumed that the Cooperation Agreement can still apply in such a case.
I den forbindelse nævner Kommissionen også, at Det Forenede Kongerige her er af en anden opfattelse.
In that context the Commission also mentions that the United Kingdom takes a different view on that matter.
Som modargumenter anfører Kommissionen imidlertid, at der ikke kan bestå forskelsbehandling mellem en arbejdstager, der før var marokkansk og nu belgisk statsborger på den ene side, og andre belgiske arbejdstagere på den anden side.
However, it contends that there can be no discrimination between a worker who was a Moroccan national and is now a Belgian national and other Belgian workers.
Hvad angår arbejdstagerens familie, som bor med ham i Belgien, må der henvises til, at statsborgerskabsændring er en frivillig afgørelse, hvis følger også må bæres af arbejdstagerens familie.
As regards the family of the worker who live with him in Belgium, it should be noted that the change of nationality was a voluntary decision whose consequences must also be borne by his family.
Desuden udsættes hans familiemedlemmer heller ikke længere for forskelsbehandling, så snart vedkommende er blevet belgisk stats borger.
Moreover, the members of his family are no longer subjected to discriminatory treatment either, once he becomes a Belgian national.
De behandles som familiemedlem mer til en belgisk arbejdstager.
They are treated as the members of the family of a Belgian worker.
Herved er det absolut muligt, at en belgiers svigermoder, der ikke er EF-borger, ikke har ret til handicapydelse.
It is quite possible for the mother-in-law of a Belgian who is not a national of a Member State to have no right to disability allowance.
Kommissionen henviser herved til den af Domstolen afsagte dom, hvorefter der ikke skulle udbetales en sådan ydelse til den iranske hustru til en EF-borger9.
In that respect the Commission refers to the judgment of the Court of Justice according to which the Iranian wife of a national of a Member State does not have to be granted such an allowance.
Der er altså ingen grund til at anvende aftalen her — som Det Forenede Kongerige foreslår — for at hindre en forskelsbehandling på grund af det tidligere bestående marokkanske statsborgerskab.
9 Therefore, there are no grounds for applying the Agreement in this case — as the United Kingdom Government proposes — in order to prevent discrimination on the ground of previous Moroccan nationality.
En udvidelse af aftalens anvendelsesområde i analogi med Krid-dommen10 bliver afvist af Kommissionen. I dommen
The Commission rejects any extension of the scope of the Agreement by analogy with the judgment in Krid.10In that
Afslutningsvis skal det herudover nævnes i forbindelse med parternes indlæg, at det er ubestridt, at indstævnte selv ikke var, henholdsvis er erhvervsmæssigt beskæftiget og ikke kan fremsætte krav via forordning (EØF) nr. 1408/71 om anvendelse af de sociale sikringsordninger på arbejdstagere, selvstændige erhvervsdrivende og deres
Finally, with regard to the submissions of the parties it should be noted that it is not disputed that the plaintiff herself was and is not in gainful employment and cannot assert claims on the basis of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed per-
FORSLAG TIL AFGØRELSE FRA GENERALADVOKAT ALBER — SAG C-l79/98 familiemedlemmer, der flytter inden for Fællesskabet11, da svigersønnen aldrig har forladt Belgien.
OPINION OF MR ALBER — CASE C-179/98 sons and their families moving within the Community 11 as her son-in-law has never left Belgium.
Det er tillige ubestridt, at den her ansøgte handicapydelse falder ind under området for social sikring i samarbejdsaftalens artikel 41, stk. 1.
Furthermore, it is not disputed that the disability allowance which has been applied for in this case comes within the field of social security referred to in Article 41(1) of the Cooperation Agree ment.
II — Stillingtagen gende sag da også først undersøges ved hjælp af disse oplysninger.
II — Analysis those details.
På den anden side har Domstolen under den præjudicielle procedure til opgave at stille oplysninger om fortolkningen af fællesskabsretten til rådighed for den forelæggende ret, som er påkrævet for at afgøre reelle retstvister, som verserer for den pågældende ret13.
On the other hand, in pro ceedings for a preliminary ruling the duty of the Court of Justice is to supply the referring court with the information on the interpretation of Community law which is necessary to enable it to settle genuine disputes which are brought before it.
Derfor står det Domstolen frit for af alle de elementer, der er anført af den nationale ret, at udlede de fællesskabsretlige elementer, der under hensyn til sagsgenstanden kræver en fortolkning eller i givet fald en gyldighedsbedømmelse14. Domstolen har i denne forbindelse også antaget, at den kan inddrage fællesskabsretlige regler, som den nationale retsinstans ikke har henvist til i sit spørgsmål, alt med henblik på at give den nationale ret den fornødne vejled ning15.
13 For that reason the Court of Justice is free to extract from all the factors presented to it, the elements of Community law requiring an interpretation — or, as the case may be, an assessment of validity — having regard to the subjectmatter of the dispute.14In that connection the Court of Justice has also ruled that in order to provide a satisfactory answer to a national court which has referred a question to it, it may deem it necessary to consider provisions of Community law to which the national court has not referred in the text of its question.15
Indstævnte har i sagen for Domstolen fremlagt en attestation fra det marokkanske Generalkonsulat for svigersønnens marokkanske statsborgerskab.
In the proceedings before the Court of Justice the plaintiff produced a certificate from the Moroccan Consulate General attesting to the Moroccan nationality of her son-in-law.
Da det af denne attestation dog ikke med sikkerhed kan sluttes, at indstævntes svigersøn til stadighed havde været marokkansk stats borger og altså ikke i mellemtiden havde opgivet det, for først senere at generhverve det, er det ikke sikkert, hvilket faktum der skal tages udgangspunkt i.
However, since it may not be inferred with complete certainty from that certificate that the plaintiff's son-in-law possessed Moroccan nationality con tinuously, and therefore that he did not renounce it only to re-acquire it subsequently, there is uncertainty as to which facts must be taken as a basis.
Bedømmelsen heraf er op til den nationale ret.
It is for the national court to examine that matter.
På grund lag af den således bestående usikkerhed vedrørende svigersønnens statsborgerskab skal jeg her gennemgå forskellige muligheder. der.
On account of the uncertainty which consequently exists in respect of the son-in-law's nationality, several variants must be examined. ined.
Da indstævnte under sagen for Dom stolen har forelagt en attestation på, at svigersønnen stadig er marokkansk stats borger, finder jeg det meningsfuldt også og ganske målrettet at tage stilling til denne konstellation og fremsætte bemærkninger til spørgsmålet, om en medlemsstat efter fællesskabsretten har mulighed for ikke at anerkende et andet statsborgerskab, hen holdsvis — som Belgien gør — at give statens eget statsborgerskab forrang.
Since during the course of the proceed ings before the Court of Justice the plaintiff produced a certificate showing that her son-in-law still possesses Moroccan nation ality, it would appear appropriate to com ment specifically on that factual situation and state whether or not a Member State may, under Community law, refuse to recognise another nationality or — as Belgium does — give precedence to its own nationality.
En sådan yderligere undersøgelse finder jeg også berettiget af den grund, at alle de procesdeltagere, der har afgivet indlæg under den mundtlige forhandling, har frem
Such additional examination would also appear appropriate since all the parties represented at the hearing expressed an opinion on the certificate that had been produced.
Parternes argumenter under den præjudicielle procedure skal først lægge det faktum til grund, som den nationale ret har fremlagt12.
In proceedings for a preliminary ruling the Court of Justice must initially take as a basis the facts which the national court puts before it.
Af den grund skal den forelig
12 For that reason the present case must first be examined on the basis of
15 — Dom af 20.3.1986, sag 35/85, Tissier, Smi. s. 1207, præmis 9.
15 — Judgment in Case 35/85 Procureur de la République v Tissier [1986] ECR 1207, paragraph 9.
MESBAH sat bemærkninger til den fremlagte attestation.
BELGIAN STATE V MESBAH of cases actually exists and take evidence in respect thereof.
Undersøgelse på grundlag af den forelæggende rets oplysninger nr. 1408/71, således som det fremgår af forordningens artikel 2.
Examination on the basis of the facts stated by the referring court follows from Article 2 thereof.
Denne bestemmer i stk. 1, at forordningen bl.a. gælder for arbejdstagere og selvstændige erhvervsdrivende, såfremt de er statsborgere i en medlemsstat17.
Subparagraph (1) provides that the Regulation applies inter alia to employed or selfemployed persons if they are nationals of one of the Member States.
Ifølge Domstolen skal denne betingelse bedømmes således, at »det afgørende er det tidsrum, hvor arbejdstageren eller den selvstændige erhvervsdrivende udøvede sit erhverv.
17 According to the Court of Justice, it follows that those terms must be considered 'in relation to the period in which the worker pursued his occupation.
Denne statsborgerskabsbetingelse kan ikke anses for at være opfyldt i et tilfælde, hvor den pågældende på det tidspunkt, da han var beskæftiget og betalte bidrag, var stats borger i en stat, som endnu ikke var medlem af Fællesskabet, og hvor han mistede sit borgerskab i denne stat, før den tiltrådte som medlem«18.
That condition of nationality cannot be regarded as fulfilled where the worker in question was, at the time when he pursued his occupation and paid his contributions, a national of a State which was not yet a member of the Community and he lost the nationality of that State before its accession to the Community.'18
Ifølge disse oplysninger har indstævnte siden den 10. september 1985 boet i Belgien i sin datters og svigersøns husstand, hvorved svigersønnen tilsyneladende »midt i 1970'erne« blev belgisk statsborger.
According to those details, the plaintiff has lived in Belgium since 10 September 1985 in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, who apparently acquired Belgian nationality 'in the mid-1970s'.
Efter den forelæggende rets oplysninger har alene indstævnte beholdt sit marokkanske stats borgerskab.
According to the referring court, the plaintiff alone retained her Moroccan national ity.
Da det ikke nøjagtigt oplyses, hvornår svigersønnen mistede sit marok kanske statsborgerskab, er det uklart, om han på tidspunktet for samarbejdsaftalens ikrafttræden endnu var marokkansk stats borger.
Since it is not stated precisely when the son-in-law lost his Moroccan nationality, it is unclear whether he was still a Moroccan national when the Cooperation Agreement entered into force.
a) Tab af det marokkanske statsborgerskab før aftalens ikrafttræden
(a) Loss of Moroccan nationality before the Agreement entered into force
Det betyder, at han vedrørende spørgsmålet, om han opfylder betin gelserne for bestemte krav — her kravet om ligestilling med de belgiske statsborgere — ikke kan støtte ret på tiden før indgåelsen af aftalen eller af traktaten, som først da yder ham disse rettigheder.
That means that in determining whether or not he fulfils the conditions for certain entitlements — in this case entitle ment to the same treatment as Belgian nationals — he may not take into consid eration the period prior to the conclusion of an agreement or treaty which grants him those rights for the first time.
Af den grund kan en marokkansk arbejdstager med sine familiemedlemmer ikke påberåbe sig samarbejdsaftalen, når han allerede mistede sit
For that reason a Moroccan worker and the members of his family cannot rely on the Cooperation Agreement if he lost his Mor-
Der var der bl.a. spørgsmål om det personelle anvendelsesområde for forordning
That case related to the scope ratione personae of Regulation No 1408/71, as
17 — Artikel 2 i forordning nr. 1408/71, som ændret ved Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 118/97 af 2.12.1996 om ændring og ajourføring af forordning nr. 1408/71 om anvendelse af de sociale sikringsordninger på arbejdstagere, selvstændige erhvervsdrivende og deres familiemedlemmer, der flytter inden for Fællesskabet, og af forordning (EØF) nr. 574/72 om regler til gennemførelse af forordning (EØF) nr. 1408/71 (EFT L 28, s. 1).
17 — Article 2 of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 118/97 of 2 December 1996 amending and updating Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to selfemployed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for imple menting Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (OJ 1997 L 28, p. 1).
18 — Nævnt i fodnote 5, præmis 18 og 19.
16 — Judgment in Case C-105/89 (cited in footnote 5).
FORSLAG TIL AFGØRELSE FRA GENERALADVOKAT ALBER — SAG C-1 79/98 opgiver sit marokkanske statsborgerskab og bliver belgier.
OPINION OF MR ALBER — CASE C-179/98 renounced his Moroccan nationality and adopted Belgian nationality.