Brussels, 11/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - A member state cannot deprive of membership of its social security scheme any of its citizens not resident within its borders but sailing outside EU territory on a vessel flying the flag of an employer established in that member state.
With this ruling handed down on Thursday 7 June in Case C-106/11, the Court of Justice of the EU gave its response to the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Dutch Supreme Court) which had asked it to interpret Regulation 1408/71...