Judgment_paragraph 41 · Kelvin Albert Snares v Adjudication Officer (C-20/96)

41However, as regards special noncontributory benefits such as those at issue in the main proceedings, the Court has pointed out on numerous occasions that the principle of the exportability of social security benefits applies so long as derogating provisions have not been adopted by the Community legislature (see, in particular, Case 87/76 Bozzone v Office de Sécurité Sociale d'Outre-Mer [1977] ECR 687; Case 139/82 Piscitello v Istituto Nazionale detta Previdenza Sociale [1983] ECR 1427, paragraph 16; Joined Cases 379/85, 380/85, 381/85 and 93/86 Caisse Régionale d'Assurance Maladie Rhône-Alpes and Others v Giletti and Others [1987] ECR 955, paragraph 16; and Case C-236/88 Commission v France [1990] ECR I-3163, paragraph 16).