47As regards the fact that the national legislation classifies the contributions at issue in the main proceedings as ‘pure solidarity’, it should be pointed out that the Court has repeatedly held, first, that the fact that a levy is categorised as a ‘tax’ under national legislation does not mean that that same levy cannot be regarded as covered by the rule that there should be no overlapping of applicable social security legislation, provided that it is a social contribution (see, to that effect, judgment of 26 October 2016, Hoogstad, C‑269/15, EU:C:2016:802, paragraph 29 and the case-law cited). Secondly, whether benefits are obtained or not in return is irrelevant for the question of whether the levy in question is covered by the social security scheme (judgment of 26 February 2015, de Ruyter, C‑623/13, EU:C:2015:123, paragraph 26).
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