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Summary

European Court of Justice (ECJ), July 11, 2018

ECJ 11 July 2018, C-356/15 (EC – v – Belgium), Social insurance

<p>European Commission &ndash; v &ndash;&nbsp; Kingdom of Belgium, Belgian case</p>

Ruling

  1. Declares that, by adopting Articles 23 and 24 of the Programme Law of 27 December 2012, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 11(1), Article 12(1) and Article 76(6) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012, and under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation No 883/2004;
  2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
  3. Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.