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Lucy Stewart v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-503/09)
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37

Lucy Stewart v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-503/09)

Judgment of 21 Jul 2011law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-503-09/para_37@2026-11-12

37As the United Kingdom Government and the European Commission correctly submit, a sickness benefit, within the meaning of Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation No 1408/71, covers the risk connected to a morbid condition involving temporary suspension of the concerned person’s activities.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-503/09 · ECLI:EU:C:2011:500
Decided: 21 Jul 2011
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) (United Kingdom)
Applicant: Lucy Stewart
Defendant: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: P. Cruz Villalón
Bench: 5 judges
J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, A. Arabadjiev, A. Rosas, A. Ó Caoimh, P. Lindh
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62009CJ0503

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Social security

History · 1 version

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community
Cited by 12: A v Latvijas Republikas Veselības ministrija (C-535/19); Pensionsversicherungsanstalt v CW (C-135/19)2 provisions; Proceedings brought by A (C-679/16)2 provisions; Andreas Ingemar Thiele Meneses v Region Hannover (C-220/12)2 provisions; Caisse nationale des prestations familiales v Salim Lachheb and Nadia Lachheb (C-177/12)2 provisions; HK Danmark acting on behalf of Glennie Kristensen v Experian A/S (C-476/11); Laurence Prinz v Region Hannover (C‑523/11) and Philipp Seeberger v Studentenwerk Heidelberg (C‑585/11) (C-523/11, C-585/11)2 provisions; Elodie Giersch and Others v État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (C-20/12); Concepción Salgado González v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) and Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) (C-282/11)2 provisions; Déborah Prete v Office national de l’emploi (C-367/11)2 provisions; European Commission v Republic of Austria (C-75/11)2 provisions; Doris Reichel-Albert v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nordbayern (C-522/10)2 provisions
Cites 22: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community; Roquette Frères SA v Direction des services fiscaux du Pas-de-Calais (C-88/99); Rudy Grzelczyk v Centre public d'aide sociale d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (C-184/99); Georgios Alevizos v Ypourgos Oikonomikon (C-392/05); Krüger GmbH & Co. KG v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (C-334/95); Raymond Kohll v Union des caisses de maladie (C-158/96); Marie-Nathalie D'Hoop v Office national de l'emploi (C-224/98); Gérald De Cuyper v Office national de l'emploi (C-406/04); Marks & Spencer plc v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (C-62/00); SARPP - Société d'application et de recherches en pharmacologie et phytotherapie SARL v Chambre syndicale des raffineurs et conditionneurs de sucre de France and others (C-241/89); Heikki Antero Pusa v Osuuspankkien Keskinäinen Vakuutusyhtiö (C-224/02); Government of the French Community and Walloon Government v Flemish Government (C-212/06); Antonia Caracciolo (née Camera) v Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité and Union nationale des mutualités socialistes (92/81); Sodemare SA, Anni Azzurri Holding SpA and Anni Azzurri Rezzato Srl v Regione Lombardia (C-70/95); Hans-Jürgen Ritter-Coulais and Monique Ritter-Coulais v Finanzamt Germersheim (C-152/03); Sonia Chacón Navas v Eurest Colectividades SA (C-13/05); Brian Francis Collins v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-138/02); Uwe Rüffler v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej we Wrocławiu Ośrodek Zamiejscowy w Wałbrzychu (C-544/07); Biagio Valentini v ASSEDIC de Lyon (171/82); Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm) (C-34/09); Silvia Hosse v Land Salzburg (C-286/03)