93It has been held previously that, according to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, where legislation provides for the automatic payment of a social benefit, it generates a proprietary interest for persons meeting the requirements thereof falling within the ambit of Article 1 of Protocol No 1 to the ECHR. The rights resulting from the payment of contributions to a social security scheme thus constitute rights of property for the purposes of that article (judgment of 13 June 2017, Florescu and Others, C‑258/14, EU:C:2017:448, paragraph 50) and a reduction in the amount of a retirement pension which is liable to have an effect on the quality of life of the person concerned constitutes a restriction of that person’s right to property (see judgment of 19 September 2024, Coppo Gavazzi and Others v Parliament, C‑725/20 P, EU:C:2024:766, paragraph 104 and the case-law cited).