Request for a preliminary ruling from the Retten i Svendborg (Denmark) lodged on 4 January 2024 – Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nord, BG Verkehr v Gjensidige Forsikring, dansk filial af Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, Norge for Marius Pedersen A/S and Gjensidige Forsikring, dansk filial af Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, Norge

(Case C-7/24, Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nord and BG Verkehr)

Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Retten i Svendborg

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nord and BG Verkehr

Defendant: Gjensidige Forsikring, dansk filial af Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, Norge for Marius Pedersen A/S and Gjensidige Forsikring, dansk filial af Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, Norge

Question referred

Must Article 85(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 ¹ of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems be interpreted as meaning that for the obliged institution to have a right of recoupment under that provision there must be a lawful basis in the Member State in which the injury occurred for the type of damages or compensation for which a right of recoupment is claimed, or equivalent benefit, as a consequence of the event for which the party responsible for the injury is liable for damages under the law of the place where the injury occurred?

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¹ OJ 2004 L 166, p. 1.