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Simone Gardella v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) (C-233/12)
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Consideration of the questions referred
26

Simone Gardella v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) (C-233/12)

Judgment of 4 Jul 2013law://eu/cjeu/2012/c-233-12/para_26@2026-11-10

26He does not lose his status as worker for the purposes of Article 45 TFEU because he holds employment with an international organisation (see, to that effect, Joined Cases 389/87 and 390/87 Echternach and Moritz [1989] ECR 723, paragraph 11).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-233/12 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:449
Decided: 4 Jul 2013
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunale di La Spezia (Italy)
Applicant: Simone Gardella
Defendant: Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS)
Rapporteur: E. Juhász
Advocate General: P. Cruz Villalón
Bench: 5 judges
T. von Danwitz, A. Rosas, E. Juhász, D. Šváby, C. Vajda
Language: Italian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62012CJ0233

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Employment Freedom of establishment Right of entry and residence

History · 1 version

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Connections

Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions
Cited by 11: BB v Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija (C-166/20); WP v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale and Repubblica italiana (C-404/21)3 provisions; DQ v Ministre de la Transition écologique et solidaire and Ministre de l'Action et des Comptes publics (C-903/19); Adelheid Krah v Universität Wien (C-703/17); DW v Valsts sociālās apdrošināšanas aģentūra (C-651/16)2 provisions; Jean-Michel Adrien and Others v Premier ministre and Others (C-466/15); Ivo Muladi v Krajský úřad Moravskoslezského kraj (C-447/15); Office national de l'emploi (ONEm) v M and M v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm) and Caisse auxiliaire de paiement des allocations de chômage (CAPAC) (C-284/15); S. v Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel and Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel v G (C-457/12)2 provisions; Philippe Guinet v European Investment Bank (EIB) (F-107/12); Radek Časta v Česká správa sociálního zabezpečení (C-166/12)2 provisions
Cites 7: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)6 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 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; Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland); Ketty Leyman v Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité (INAMI) (C-3/08); G. B. C. Echternach and A. Moritz v Minister van Onderwijs en Wetenschappen (C-389/87); Ulf Öberg v Försäkringskassan, länskontoret Stockholm (C-185/04)