Overview of recent cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union (July 2019-September 2019)
| DOI | 10.1177/1388262719896028 |
| Published date | 01 December 2019 |
| Date | 01 December 2019 |
| Author | Anne Pieter van der Mei |
| Subject Matter | Case Commentry |
Case Commentry
Overview of recent cases
before the Court of Justice
of the European Union
(July 2019-September 2019)
Anne Pieter van der Mei
Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Abstract
In the reporting period July-September 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered
various rulings that are significant for social security. The ruling that stands out is the one in Van den
Berg and others, which concerned the power of a non-competent Member State to grant residents
benefits where they lack insurance cover in the competent State. The other cases included in this
overview concern the application of the right to equal treatment to social security conventions
concluded between a Member State and a third country (EU), the retention of the status of self-
employed person by women who cease to be active due to pregnancy (Dakneviciute) and the right
to export student financial aid (Aubriet).
Keywords
Social security, rules determinin g the applicable legislation, socia l security conventions, family
benefits, student financial aid
Rules determining the applicable legislation and ‘mini-jobs’:
van den Berg and others
Van den Berg and others
1
is a follow-up of Franzen and others.
2
The cases concerned Dutch
nationals living in the Netherlands who had taken up ‘mini-jobs’ in Germany. Because of the low
number of working hours, the appellants were not, on the basis of German legislation, entitled to
Corresponding author:
Anne Pieter van der Mei, Maastricht University, Bouillonstraat 1-3, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
E-mail: ap.vandermei@maastrichtuniversity.nl
1. C.E. Franzen and Others v Raad van bestuur van de Sociale verzekeringsbank, Case C-382/13, ECLI: EU: C:2015:261.
2. Sociale Verzekeringsbank v F. van den Berg, H. D. Giesen and C. E. Franzen, Joined Cases C 95/18 and C 96/18, ECLI:
EU: C:2019:767.
European Journal of Social Security
2019, Vol. 21(4) 370–377
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