43It must be observed that European Union law does not limit the power of the Member States to organise their social security schemes and that, in the absence of harmonisation at European Union level, it is for the legislation of each Member State to lay down the conditions under which social security benefits are granted, as well as the amount of such benefits and the period for which they are granted (Case C-507/06 Klöppel [2008] ECR I-943, paragraph 16).
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