Judgment_paragraph 43 · Danila Bonifaci and others and Wanda Berto and others v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) (C-94/95, C-95/95)

43That definition of the term ‘onset of the employer's insolvency’ cannot, however, preclude the option available to the Member States, acknowledged in Article 9 of the Directive, of applying or introducing provisions that are more favourable to employees, in particular for the purpose of including unpaid remuneration during a period subsequent to the lodging of a request that proceedings to satisfy collectively the claims of creditors be opened (see also the judgment of today's date in Case C-373/95 Maso and Others [1997] ECR I-4051, paragraphs 46 to 52).