Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 04/02/2020

Subject: According to the Court, a Member State is not entitled to refuse to pay a family allowance in respect of the child of the spouse of a frontier worker where there is no parent-child relationship with that worker. That allowance constitutes a social advantage and a social security benefit; therefore it is subject to the principle of equal treatment

Parties: Caisse pour l'avenir des enfants (Enfant du conjoint d’un travailleur frontalier)

Classification: Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Solidarity - Art. 34 Social security - Citizens’ rights - Art. 45 Freedom of movement

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