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Sarah Margaret Richards v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-423/04)
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The first question
37

Sarah Margaret Richards v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-423/04)

Judgment of 27 Apr 2006law://eu/cjeu/2004/c-423-04/para_37@2026-11-12

37Consequently, that provision must be interpreted as relating only to the determination of different pensionable ages for men and for women. However, the action in the main proceedings does not concern such a measure.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-423/04 · ECLI:EU:C:2006:256
Decided: 27 Apr 2006
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Sarah Margaret Richards
Defendant: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Rapporteur: J.-N. Cunha Rodrigues
Advocate General: F.G. Jacobs
Bench: 5 judges
P. Jann, K. Schiemann, N. Colneric, J.-N. Cunha Rodrigues, E. Juhász
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62004CJ0423

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Interprets 1: Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security
Cited by 13: Mousse v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) and SNCF Connect (C-394/23); M.-A.A. v Direcţia de Evidenţă a Persoanelor Cluj and Others (C-4/23); European Commission v Hungary (C-769/22); K. M. H. v Obshtina Stara Zagora (C-43/24); MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-451/16)2 provisions; Transportes Jordi Besora SL v Generalitat de Catalunya (C-82/12)2 provisions; Ainārs Rēdlihs v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (C-263/11)2 provisions; Santander Asset Management SGIIC SA, on behalf of FIM Santander Top 25 Euro Fi (C‑338/11) v Directeur des résidents à l'étranger et des services généraux and Santander Asset Management SGIIC SA, on behalf of Cartera Mobiliaria SA SICAV (C‑339/11 to C‑347/11) and Others v Ministre du Budget, des Comptes publics, de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme de l’État (C-338/11, C-339/11, C-340/11, C-341/11, C-342/11, C-343/11, C-344/11, C-345/11, C-346/11, C-347/11)2 provisions; Pensionsversicherungsanstalt v Christine Kleist (C-356/09)2 provisions; Albron Catering BV v FNV Bondgenoten and John Roest (C-242/09)2 provisions; Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen v Elisabeth Brouwer (C-577/08)2 provisions; Regionalna Mitnicheska Direktsia - Plovdiv v Petar Dimitrov Kalinchev (C-2/09)2 provisions; Maciej Brzeziński v Dyrektor Izby Celnej w Warszawie (C-313/05)2 provisions
Cites 14: Rudy Grzelczyk v Centre public d'aide sociale d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (C-184/99); The Queen, on the application of Dany Bidar v London Borough of Ealing and Secretary of State for Education and Skills (C-209/03); M. H. Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching) (152/84); K.B. v National Health Service Pensions Agency and Secretary of State for Health (C-117/01); Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security; B.S.M. Geraets-Smits v Stichting Ziekenfonds VGZ and H.T.M. Peerbooms v Stichting CZ Groep Zorgverzekeringen (C-157/99); Gabrielle Defrenne v Société anonyme belge de navigation aérienne Sabena (149/77); Nina Kristiansen v Rijksdienst voor Arbeidsvoorziening (C-92/02); Secretary of State for Social Security v Evelyn Thomas and others (C-328/91); Vincent Blaizot v University of Liège and others (24/86); Johann Buchner and Others v Sozialversicherungsanstalt der Bauern (C-104/98); Vera Mia Beets-Proper v F. Van Lanschot Bankiers NV (262/84); The Queen v Secretary of State for Social Security, ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission (C-9/91); P v S and Cornwall County Council (C-13/94)