Brussels, 06/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - A member state may apply the “anti-overlap rule” on the payment of social benefits preventively, without the need for proof that an unjustified overlap exists, the mere possibility that there is such an overlap being sufficient, ruled the Court of Justice of the EU (case C-4/13) on Thursday 6 November.
The case at issue involves a family who moved to Belgium from Germany. The wife is German and the husband Belgian. Since the wife continued to work...