Opinion of Advocate General Van Gerven delivered on 6 May 1992

1 Original language: Dutch.

2 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, in the version set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983 (OJ 1983 L 230, p. 6).

3 See the fifth recital in the preamble to Regulation No 1408/71.

4 Judgment of 12 June 1986 in Case 1/85 Miethe v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit [1986] ECR 1837, at paragraph 9; see also the judgment of 27 May 1982 in Case 227/81 Aubin v UNEDIC andASSEDIC [1982] ECR 1991, at paragraph 19.

5 Judgment of 9 July 1975 in Case 20/75 D'Amico v Landesversicherungsanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz [1975] ECR 891, at paragraph 5; judgment of 15 December 1976 in Case 39/76 Metaalnijverheid v Mouthaan [1976] ECR 1901, at paragraph 13; judgment of 28 February 1980 in Case 67/79 Fellinger v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit [1980] ECR 535, at paragraph 7; judgment of 22 September 1988 in Case 236/87 Bergemann v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit [1988] ECR 5125, at paragraph 18; and judgment of 13 November 1990 in Case C-216/89 Reibold v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit [1990] ECR I-4163 (summary publication), at paragraph 10.

6 Judgment of 29 June 1988 in Case 58/87 Rebmann v Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte [1988] ECR 3467, at paragraph 13.

7 Judgment of 17 February 1977 in Case 76/76 Di Paolo v Office National de l'Emploi [1977] ECR 315.

8 Judgment in Reibold, cited above, at paragraph 15.

9 Judgment in Reibold, cited above, at paragraph 16; judgment in Di Paolo, cited above, at paragraph 22.

10 Judgment of 30 May 1989 in Case 33/88 Allué and Coonan v University of Venice [1989] ECR 1591, at paragraph 21.

11 Council Directive of 28 March 1983 (83/182/EEC) on tax exemptions within the Community for certain means of transport temporarily imported into one Member Sute from another (OJ 1983 L 105, p. 59).

12 Judgment in Reibold, cited above, at paragraph 21 in fine.

13 Judgment in Di Paolo, cited above, at paragraph 21.

14 An identical definition is given in Article 6 of Council Directive 83/183/EEC of 28 March 1983 on tax exemptions applicable to permanent imports from a Member State of tne personal property of individuals (OJ 1983 L 105, p. 64).

15 Judgement of 5 July 1983 in Case 171/82 Valentini v ASSEDIC [1983] ECR 2157, at paragraph 13.

16 Paragraph 100(1) of the Arbeitsförderungsgesetz.

17 Paragraphs 104 and 106 of the Arbeitsförderungsgesetz.

18 Paragraphs 111 and 112 of the Arbeitsförderungsgesetz. In the case of unemployed persons with children the net wage compensatory amount is 68% (Paragraph 111(1) of the Arbeitsförderungsgesetz).

19 Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, in the version set out in Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) 2001/83 of 2 June 1983 (OJ 1983 L 230, p. 86).

20 Judgment of 14 May 1981 in Case 98/80 Romano 11NAMI [1981] ECR 1241, at paragraph 20; see my Opinion in Case C-251/89 Athanasopoulos v Bundesamtalt für Arbeit, at paragraph 13.

21 Judgment of 11 March 1982 in Case 93/81 INAMI v Knoeller [1982] ECR 951, at paragraph 10.

22 Judgment of 10 July 1975 in Case 27/75 Bonaffini v INPS [1975] ECR 971, at paragraph 9.