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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 June 2018

MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 79/7/EEC — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — National State pension scheme — Conditions for recognition of change of gender — National legislation under which such recognition is subject to the annulment of any marriage entered into before that change of gender — Refusal to grant a person who has changed gender a State retirement pension as from the pensionable age for persons of the gender acquired — Direct discrimination on grounds of sex

Case C-451/16

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

03/08/2018

MB (Change of gender and retirement pension)

Social policy

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:492

26/06/2018

MB (Change of gender and retirement pension)

Social policy

Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:492

26/06/2018

MB (Change of gender and retirement pension)

Social policy

Application (OJ)

30/09/2016

MB (Change of gender and retirement pension)

Social policy

Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:937

05/12/2017

MB (Change of gender and retirement pension)

Social policy

Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.14 Social policy
    4.14.01 Equality and non-discrimination
      4.14.01.02 Equality for men and women

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 141 : paragraph 30
TFEU, Article 157 : paragraph 30
Directive 79/7 : paragraphs 1, 25, 34, 35, 52
Directive 79/7 -A03P1LAT3 : paragraphs 3, 26, 32, 53
Directive 79/7 -A04P1 : paragraphs 4, 21, 31, 38, 50
Directive 79/7 -A04P1T1 : paragraphs 26, 32, 53
Directive 79/7 -A07P1LA : paragraphs 5, 26, 51, 53
Directive 2006/54 -A02P1LA : paragraphs 6, 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N34 : paragraph 30
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N35 : paragraphs 23, 30
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N36 : paragraph 30
Court of Justice - Judgment C -207/04 -N34 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -207/04 -N35 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N21 : paragraphs 23, 29
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N22 : paragraph 29
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N23 : paragraphs 29, 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N24 : paragraphs 29, 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N37 : paragraph 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N38 : paragraph 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/06 -N59 : paragraph 29
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N25 : paragraph 42
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N26 : paragraph 42
Court of Justice - Judgment C -147/08 -N42 : paragraph 41
Court of Justice - Judgment C -318/13 -N34 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -318/13 -N35 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/14 -N89 : paragraph 42
Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/14 -N90 : paragraph 42
Court of Justice - Judgment C -406/15 -N56 : paragraph 42
Court of Justice - Judgment C -406/15 -N57 : paragraph 42
Court of Justice - Opinion C -451/16 : paragraphs 45, 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -143/16 -N25 : paragraph 41
Court of Justice - Judgment C -673/16 -N37 : paragraph 29
Court of Justice - Judgment C -673/16 -N38 : paragraph 29

Operative part

Interprets : Directive 79/7
Interprets : Directive 79/7 -A03P1LAT3
Interprets : Directive 79/7 -A04P1T1
Interprets : Directive 79/7 -A07P1LA

Opinion

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : point 96
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 9 : point 96
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P3 : point 95
TFEU, Article 157 : points 35, 62, 69
Directive 76/207 : point 34
Directive 79/7 : points 3, 4, 19, 20, 23, 27, 32, 35, 41, 60 - 62, 76, 78, 79, 83, 84, 98, 99, 103
Directive 79/7 -A03P1LA : point 30
Directive 79/7 -A04P1 : points 5, 26, 29, 57, 70, 108
Directive 79/7 -A04P1T1 : point 30
Directive 79/7 -A04P2 : point 55
Directive 79/7 -A07P1 : point 6
Directive 79/7 -A07P1LA : points 7, 45, 55, 106
Directive 2006/54 -C3 : point 33
Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/77 -N26 : point 98
Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/77 -N27 : point 98
Court of Justice - Judgment C -177/88 -N17 : point 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -328/91 -N7 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -154/92 -N12 : point 55
Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/94 -N20 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/94 : points 33, 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/94 -N19 : point 98
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/94 -N20 : points 34, 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/94 -N21 : points 35, 39, 54
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/94 -N22 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -139/95 -N32 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 : points 33, 37, 38
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N30 : point 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N31 : point 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N32 : point 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N33 : points 62, 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N34 : points 62, 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N35 : points 62, 63, 65, 73
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/01 -N36 : point 35
Court of Justice - Opinion C -423/04 -N57 : point 74
Court of Justice - Judgment C -207/04 : point 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 : points 4, 33, 37 - 39, 64, 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N21 : point 65
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N24 : points 34, 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N28 : point 62
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N29 : points 41, 62
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N30 : point 62
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N31 : point 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N34 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N35 : points 45, 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N36 : points 45, 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N37 : points 45, 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -423/04 -N38 : point 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/06 -N59 : points 73, 81
Court of Justice - Judgment C -147/08 -N38 : points 73, 81
Court of Justice - Judgment C -147/08 -N42 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -356/09 : point 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -356/09 -N39 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -614/11 : point 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/12 : point 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/12 -N26 : points 73, 81
Court of Justice - Judgment C -267/12 -N33 : point 44
Court of Justice - Opinion C -318/13 -N32 : point 55
Court of Justice - Opinion C -318/13 -N33 : point 55
Court of Justice - Opinion C -318/13 -N34 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -318/13 -N34 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -318/13 -N35 : point 55
Court of Justice - Opinion C -270/15 -N40 : point 47
Court of Justice - Opinion C -270/15 -N41 : point 47
Court of Justice - Opinion C -270/15 -N42 : point 47
Court of Justice - Opinion C -270/15 -N43 : point 47
Court of Justice - Opinion C -270/15 -N44 : point 47
Court of Justice - Opinion C -270/15 -N45 : point 47
Court of Justice - Opinion C -270/15 -N46 : point 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -443/15 -N58 : point 73
Court of Justice - Judgment C -443/15 -N59 : point 81

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

12/08/2016

Date of the Opinion

05/12/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

26/06/2018

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 294 from 20.08.2018, p.5

Application: OJ C 383 from 17.10.2016, p.6

Name of the parties

MB (Change of gender and retirement pension)

Notes on Academic Writings

Weber, Nana: Sprememba spola in pravica do starostne pokojnine, Pravna praksa 2018 nº 28-29 p.39-40 (SL)
Rýdlová, Hana: K otázkám souvisejícím se změnou pohlaví, Bulletin advokacie 2018 nº 1-2 p.61-62 (CS)
Driguez, Laetitia: Droit à l'égalité de traitement des transsexuels, Europe 2018 Août-Septembre Comm. nº 8-9 p.32-33 (FR)
Tlamycha, Jan: Monitoring judikatury Soudního dvora EU a Tribunálu, Období: 1. června - 24. srpna 2018, Jurisprudence : specialista na komentování judikatury 2018 nº 4 p.55-60 (CS)
Vallet-Pamart, Joëlle: La situation d'une personne ayant changé de sexe après s'être mariée et celle d'une personne mariée ayant conservé son sexe de naissance sont comparables, décor en trois dimensions, Revue des affaires européennes 2018 p.365-375 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

Social policy

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

English

Language(s) of the Opinion

English