Opinion of Advocate General Jacobs delivered on 9 June 1994

1 Original language: English.

2 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community: sec the amended and updated version established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983 (OJ 1983 L 230, p. 6). Although Articles 40, 45 and 46 of the regulation, referred to below, were subsequently amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1248/92 of 30 April 1992 (OJ 1992 L 136, p. 7), those amendments are not material to the present case.

3 Joined Cases C-90/91 and C-91/91 Office National des Pensions v Di Crescenzo and Casagrande [1992] ECRI-3851.

4 Cited in note above.

5 Case 33/75 Galati v Landesversicherimgsanstalt Schwaben [1975] ECR 1323.

6 Case C-228/88 Bronzino v Kindergeld/nun: [1990] ECR I-531 and Case C-12/89 Gatto v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit [1990] ECR I-557.

7 Case 67/79 Fellinger v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit [1980] ECR 535.

8 Case 181/83 Weber v Nieuwe Algemene Bedriffsverenising [1984] ECR 4007.