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Social policy - Equal treatment of men and women - Scope ratione materiae of Directive 79/7 - Housing benefit - Excluded

(Council Directive 79/7, Art. 3(1) )

Summary

Article 3(1) of Directive 79/7 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security, which defines the directive' s scope ratione materaie, must be interpreted as not applying to a scheme for housing benefit the amount of which is calculated on the basis of the relationship between a notional income to which the beneficiary is deemed to be entitled and his or her actual income, even if criteria concerning protection against some of the risks covered by the directive, such as sickness or invalidity, are applied in order to determine the amount of the notional income.