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Case C-283/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landessozialgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 4 May 2021 — VA v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
Case C-283/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landessozialgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 4 May 2021 — VA v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
Case C-283/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landessozialgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 4 May 2021 — VA v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
OJ C 310, 2.8.2021, 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)
2.8.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 310/10 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landessozialgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 4 May 2021 — VA v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
(Case C-283/21)
(2021/C 310/13)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landessozialgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: VA
Defendant: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
Intervener: RB
Questions referred
1. |
Is under the legislation of the Netherlands — as the Member State which is competent under Title II of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004] (1) — a child-raising period taken into account within the meaning of Article 44(2) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 (2) by virtue of the fact that the period of child-raising in the Netherlands, as a pure period of residence, gives rise to a pension entitlement? If Question 1 is answered in the negative: |
2. |
Is Article 44(2) of Regulation No 987/2009 — following on from the judgments of 23 November 2000 in Case C-135/99 (3) and of 19 July 2012 in Case C-522/10 (4) — to be interpreted broadly as meaning that the competent Member State must also take into account the child-raising period if the person raising the child has completed pension-relevant periods before and after the child-raising due to education or employment only in the scheme of that State, but did not pay contributions into that scheme immediately before or after the child-raising? |
(1) Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ 2004 L 166, p. 1).
(2) Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ 2009 L 284, p. 1).
(3) EU:C:2000:647, Elsen.
(4) EU:C:2012:475, Reichel-Albert.