Judgment_paragraph 28 · Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych Oddział w Nowym Sączu v Stanisława Tomaszewska (C-440/09)

28In that regard, it must be borne in mind that the objective of Regulation No 1408/71, as stated in the second and fourth recitals in its preamble, is to ensure free movement of employed and self-employed persons within the European Union, while respecting the special characteristics of national social security legislation. To that end, as is clear from the fifth, sixth and tenth recitals in its preamble, that regulation upholds the principle of equality of treatment of workers under the various measures of national legislation and seeks to guarantee the equality of treatment of all workers occupied on the territory of a Member State as effectively as possible and not to penalise workers who exercise their right of free movement (Piatkowski, paragraph 19; Nikula, paragraph 20; and Derouin, paragraph 20).

Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych Oddział w Nowym Sączu v Stanisława Tomaszewska (C-440/09)

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