45The advances in question are not simply intended to speed up the procedure for enforcing maintenance obligations but are also intended to relieve the financial burden borne by the parent awarded custody of children. Article 4 of Regulation No 1408/71 does not exclude the possibility that a benefit might fulfil a dual function (Hughes, cited above, paragraph 19).
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