| 17/01/2012: | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Article 13 – Worker employed on gas-drilling platform on the continental shelf adjacent to the Netherlands – Compulsory insurance – Refusal to pay invalidity benefit: Case C-347/10 of A. Salemink v. Raad van Bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen |
| 16/12/2011: | The trESS Think Tank report 2011 on the coordination of long-term care benefits and the European report 2011 are published on the website. You will find them under Home > European resources. |
| 15/12/2011: | Migrant workers – Social security – Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons – National of a Member State who has been pursuing a professional activity in Switzerland – Return to country of origin: Case C-257/10 of Försäkringskassan v Elisabeth Bergström |
| 06/12/2011: | The report of the trESS Analytical Study 2011 on the social security coverage of non-active persons moving to another Member State is published on the website. You will find it under Home > European resources. |
| 20/10/2011: | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Articles 77 and 78 – Pensioners entitled under the legislation of several Member States – Handicapped children – Family benefits for dependent children – Right to benefits in the former Member State of employment – Existence of a right to benefits in the Member State of residence – Failure to make a request – Choice of payment of an invalidity benefit incompatible with benefits for dependent children – Concept of ‘benefit for dependent children’ – Maintenance of rights acquired in the former Member State of employment: Case C-225/10 of Juan Perez Garcia e.a. v. Familienkasse Nürnberg |
| 05/09/2011: | The guides on the social security systems of the 31 countries in which the regulations on social security coordination apply are now online in 22 languages on the EC website |
| 21/07/2011: | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Articles 4, 10 and 10a – Short-term incapacity benefit in youth – Sickness benefit or invalidity benefit – Conditions of residence, presence on the date on which the claim is made and past presence – Citizenship of the Union – Proportionality: Case C-503/09 of Lucy Stewart v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions |
| 30/06/2011: | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Former migrant worker – Work in the Member State of origin and in another Member State – Retirement in the Member State of origin – Pensions paid by both Member States – Separate social security scheme covering the risk of reliance on care – Existence in the other former Member State of employment – Optional continued affiliation to that scheme – Maintenance of the right to a care allowance after the return to the Member State of origin: Case C-388/09 of Joao Filipe da Silva Martins v. Bank Betriebskrankenkasse – Pflegekass |
| 22/06/2011: | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Freedom of movement for workers – Social security – Agreement on social security entered into by two Member States before accession to the European Union – Member State competent to determine the value of completed periods of insurance – Old-age pension – Supplementary benefit paid solely to nationals and residents of a Member State: Case C-399/09 of Marie Landtová v. Ceská správa socialního zabezpecení |
| 25/05/2011: | The new trESS Team Structure is now online (click on “who is who” on the homepage) |
| 05/05/2011: | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Mobility component of Disability Living Allowance – Separate benefit – Special non-contributory benefit – Non-exportability: Case C-537/09 of Bartlett et al. v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – German Länder benefits for the blind, the deaf and the disabled – Residence qualification: Case C-206/10 of European Commission v. Federal Republic of Germany |
| 04/04/2011: | Directive 2011/24/EU of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare published |
| 10/03/2011: | New ECJ case regarding Regulation 1408/71: Tanja Borger v. Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse (C-516/09) |
| 03/03/2011 : | New ECJ case regarding Regulation 1408/71: ZUS Oddzial w Nowym Saczu v Stanislawa Tomaszewska (C-440/09) |
| 29/12/2010 : | Publication of Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010 of 24 November 2010 extending Regulations (EC) Nos 883/2004 and 987/2009 to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by these Regulations solely on the ground of their nationality. |
| 09/12/2010 : | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71: Article 13(2)(d) – Concept of ‘persons treated as’ civil servants – Employment contract with a public authority: Case C-296/09 of Vlaamse Gemeenschap v. Maurits Baesen |
| 18/11/2010 : | New ECJ case regarding EU social security coordination: EU/Switzerland Agreement – Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and No 574/72 and Regulation (EC) No 859/2003 – Family benefits – National of a non member country working in Switzerland and residing with his spouse and children in a Member State of which the children are nationals: Case C-247/09 of Alketa Xhymshiti v. Bundesagentur für Arbeit – Familienkasse Lörrach |
| 14/10/2010 : | New ECJ cases regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71: Case C-345/09 of J.A. Van Delft et al. v. College voor Zorgverzekeringen Case C-16/09 of Gudrun Schwemmer v. Agentur für Arbeit Villingen-Schwenningen – Familienkasse |
| 05/10/2010 : | New ECJ case regarding Article 49 EC and Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 - Hospital treatment provided in another Member State – Prior authorisation – Conditions of application of the second subparagraph of Article 22(2) of Regulation 1408/71 – Methods of reimbursement to the insured person of hospital expenses incurred in another Member State: Case C-173/09 of Georgi Ivanov Elchinov v. Natsionalna zdravnoosiguritelna kasa |
| 05/10/2010 : | New ECJ case regarding Article 49 EC and Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 - Medical treatment proposed in another Member State and requiring the use of major medical equipment – Requirement of prior authorisation – Planned treatment provided in another Member State – Difference in the levels of cover in force in the State of affiliation and in the State of stay: Case C-512/08 of European Commission v. French Republic |
| 15/06/2010 : | New ECJ case regarding Article 49 EC and Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Freedom to provide services - Social security for migrant workers – Hospital care needed during a temporary stay in another Member State – Lack of right to assistance from the competent institution to supplement that of the institution of the Member State of stay: Case C-211/08 of European Commission v. Kingdom of Spain |
| 01/05/2010 : | Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 have entered into force! Updated and extended versions of the E-learning module and Regulations database, reflecting the new Regulations, are now available on the trESS website. |
| 26/11/2009 : | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Social security for migrant workers – Family allowances – Refusal – National of one Member State resident with her child in another Member State, while the father of the child works in the former Member State: Case C-363/08 of Romana Slanina v. Unabhängiger Finanzsenat, Außenstelle Wien |
| 30/10/2009 : | The new implementing Regulation, Regulation 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation 883/2004, is published in the Official Journal in all EU languages. Also the Regulation amending and completing Regulation 883/2004, Regulation 988/2009, is officially published. |
| 01/10/2009 : | New ECJ case – Social security schemes – Invalidity benefits – Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Article 40(3) – Different benefit schemes in the Member States – Disadvantages for migrant workers – Contributions on which there is no return: Case C-3/08 of Ketty Leyman v. Institut national d’assurance maladie-invalidité (INAMI) |
| 27/07/2009 : | The Council and the European Parliament have formally adopted the new Implementing Regulation and the amendments to Regulation 883/2004. |
| 16/07/2009 : | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, Chapter on sickness and maternity – Articles 18 EC, 39 EC and 49 EC – Benefits in kind intended to cover the risk of reliance on care – Residence in a Member State other than the competent State – Social security system of the Member State of residence not including benefits in kind linked to the risk of reliance on care: Case C 208/07 of Petra von Chamier Glisczinski v. Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse |
| 11/09/2008 : | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Freedom of movement for persons – Articles 39 EC and 42 EC – Statutory pension and accident insurance scheme – Benefit for reduced capacity to work or incapacity to work – Advance payment to unemployed persons who apply for the grant of a benefit – Whether the benefit is an ‘unemployment benefit’ or an ‘invalidity benefit’ – Residence qualification: Case C-228/07 of Jörn Petersen v. Arbeitsmarktservice Niederösterreich |
| 20/05/2008 : | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Social security – Child benefit - Suspension of entitlement to benefits - Legislation applicable - Granting of benefits in the Member State of residence which is not the competent Member State: Case C-352/06 of Brigitte Bosmann v. Bundesagentur für Arbeit - Familienkasse Aachen. |
| 03/04/2008 : | New ECJ case regarding Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Self employed workers living and working in France – General social contribution – Social debt repayment contribution – Account taken of income received in another Member State and taxable in that State under a double taxation treaty: Case C-103/06 of Philippe Derouin v. URSSAF de Paris - Région parisienne. |