20In that regard, it should be noted that ‘pay’ within the meaning of Article 157(2) TFEU covers pensions which depend on the employment relationship between worker and employer, excluding those deriving from a statutory scheme, to the financing of which workers, employers and possibly the public authorities contribute in a measure determined less by the employment relationship than by considerations of social policy (Joined Cases C-395/08 and C-396/08 Bruno and Others [2010] ECR I-5119, paragraph 41 and the case‑law cited). Accordingly, that concept cannot be extended to encompass social security schemes or benefits – such as retirement pensions – which are directly governed by statute to the exclusion of any element of negotiation within the undertaking or occupational sector concerned and which are obligatorily applicable to general categories of employee (see Case C-366/99 Griesmar [2001] ECR I-9383, paragraph 27 and the case‑law cited).
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