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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9496

7 September 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Conclusions of Advocate General on pension rights for parties in homosexual civil partnerships

Luxembourg, 06/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - In its conclusions made on Thursday 6 September, the Advocate General Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer underlined that the “survivor” of a homosexual couple had to benefit from the same pension rights as a widow or widower in a marriage, on the condition that the legal status of the couple is comparable to marriage (case C-267/06). Directive 2000/78/EC of the Council on equal opportunities at work therefore clearly applies to this case but some levels...

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