42The Court has previously had occasion to point out that, as is apparent from the wording and scheme of that provision, a distinction should be made between making a claim for family benefits and the right to receive such benefits. Although, as is also clear from the wording of that provision, it is sufficient if one of the persons able to claim the benefit of those family benefits makes an application for such benefits, so that the competent institution of the Member State concerned must take that application into consideration, EU law does not preclude such an institution, by applying national law, from finding that the person entitled to receive child benefits is a person other than the person who made the application for those benefits (see, to that effect, judgment of 22 October 2015, Trapkowski, C‑378/14, EU:C:2015:720, paragraphs 46 to 48).
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