(Case C-389/20 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo n.º 2 de Vigo (Spain) lodged on 14August 2020– CJ v Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social
Fecha: 02-Ago-2020
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo n.º 2 de Vigo (Spain) lodged on 14August 2020– CJ v Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social
(Case C-389/20)
Language of the case: Spanish
Referring court
Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo n.º 2 de Vigo
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: CJ
Defendant: Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social
Questions referred
Must Article4(1) of Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security,1 governing equal treatment, which precludes any discrimination whatsoever on grounds of sex, either directly or indirectly, as regards the obligation to pay social security contributions, and Article5(b) of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation,2 which lays down the same prohibition of direct and indirect discrimination on grounds of sex as regards the scope of social security schemes and the conditions of access to those schemes and the obligation to contribute, and the calculation of contributions, be interpreted as precluding a national provision like Article251(d) LGSS, which provides: ‘d) The protection afforded by the Special Scheme for Domestic Workers shall not include protection in respect of unemployment.’?
If the answer to that question is affirmative, must that statutory provision be regarded as an example of prohibited discrimination under Article9(1)(e) and/or (k) of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5July 2006, in so far as the addressees of the provision at issue, Article251(d) LGSS, are almost exclusively women?