Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2006 – De Graaf and Daniels v Belgische Staat
(Case C-436/05)
Preliminary references – Inadmissibility
Preliminary rulings – Whether admissible – Questions referred without sufficient explanation of the factual and legislative context – Questions referred in a context making a useful answer impossible (Art. 234 EC) (see paras 7-11)
Re:
| Reference for a preliminary ruling – Hof van beroep te Antwerpen – Interpretation 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 (OJ 1997 L 28, p. 1) – Material scope – Whether applicable or not to a supplementary crisis contribution levied by a Member State to finance its social security system – Obligation to pay the contribution even where a person is liable to pay contributions to a social security system other than that of the State of residence – Whether compatible with Article 39 EC. |
Operative part
The reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen, by decision of 29 November 2005, is inadmissible.