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MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-451/16)
Consideration of the question referred
32

MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-451/16)

Judgment of 26 Jun 2018law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-451-16/para_32@2026-11-10

32In particular, the first indent of Article 4(1), read in conjunction with the third indent of Article 3(1)(a) of that directive, prohibits all discrimination on grounds of sex as regards, inter alia, the conditions for access to statutory schemes ensuring protection against the risks of old age.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-451/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:492
Decided: 26 Jun 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Applicant: MB
Defendant: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Rapporteur: T. von Danwitz
Advocate General: M. Bobek
Bench: 11 judges
K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, M. Ilešič, T. von Danwitz, A. Rosas, J. Malenovský, E. Juhász, A. Borg Barthet, M. Berger, C. Lycourgos, M. Vilaras
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0451

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Interprets 1: Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security
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Cites 15: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Petya Milkova v Izpalnitelen direktor na Agentsiata za privatizatsia i sledprivatizatsionen kontrol (C-406/15); Sarah Margaret Richards v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-423/04); X (C-318/13); Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-673/16); Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast); K.B. v National Health Service Pensions Agency and Secretary of State for Health (C-117/01); "CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria" AD v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (C-83/14); Abercrombie & Fitch Italia Srl v Antonino Bordonaro (C-143/16); Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security; Tadao Maruko v Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen (C-267/06); Jürgen Römer v Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (C-147/08); Paolo Vergani v Agenzia delle Entrate, Ufficio di Arona (C-207/04); Opinion of the Advocate General (C-451/16); Société Arcelor Atlantique et Lorraine and Others v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Écologie et du Développement durable and Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie (C-127/07)