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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10185

21 July 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Advocate General takes view that supplementary pension scheme for former Hamburg municipal employees treats married couples more favourably than same sex couples

Brussels, 20/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - In a opinion delivered on Thursday 15 July in case C-147/08, the advocate general says that the City of Hamburg law governing the retirement pensions of former city employees (the “RGG”) favours married and temporarily separated pensioners over those of the same sex who have formed a civil partnership. The law does not allow people living in same sex couples to receive the same supplementary pensions as those who are married, infringing Directive...

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