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Document 62019CA0879

Case C-879/19: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 20 May 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — FORMAT Urządzenia i Montaże Przemysłowe v Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych I Oddział w Warszawie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security — Determination of the legislation applicable — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Article 13(2)(a) — Article 14(2) — Person normally employed in the territory of two or more Member States — Single employment contract — Employer established in the worker’s Member State of residence — Paid employment activity pursued exclusively in other Member States — Work performed in different Member States during successive periods — Conditions)

OJ C 278, 12.7.2021, p. 10–11 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

12.7.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/10


Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 20 May 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — FORMAT Urządzenia i Montaże Przemysłowe v Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych I Oddział w Warszawie

(Case C-879/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social security - Determination of the legislation applicable - Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 - Article 13(2)(a) - Article 14(2) - Person normally employed in the territory of two or more Member States - Single employment contract - Employer established in the worker’s Member State of residence - Paid employment activity pursued exclusively in other Member States - Work performed in different Member States during successive periods - Conditions)

(2021/C 278/13)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Najwyższy

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: FORMAT Urządzenia i Montaże Przemysłowe

Defendant: Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych I Oddział w Warszawie

Intervener: UA

Operative part of the judgment

Article 14(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, as amended and updated by Council Regulation (EC) No 118/97 of 2 December 1996, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998, must be interpreted as not applying to a person who, under a single employment contract concluded with a single employer providing for the pursuit of professional activity in several Member States, works, for several successive months, solely in the territory of each of those Member States, where the duration of the uninterrupted periods of work completed by that person in each of those Member States exceeds 12 months, which it is for the referring court to verify.


(1)  OJ C 54, 17.2.2020.


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