Case C-113/22, TGSS (Refusal of the maternity supplement): Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 September 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Ga...

Official Journal of the European Union EN C series C/2023/489 6.11.2023 Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 September 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia — Spain) — DX v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) (Case C-113/22, (1) TGSS (Refusal of the maternity supplement)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 79/7/EEC — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Article 6 — National legislation providing for the right to a pension supplement only for women — Preliminary ruling from the Court from which it may be held that that legislation constitutes direct discrimination on grounds of sex — Administrative practice of continuing to apply that legislation despite that ruling — Separate discrimination — Pecuniary damages — Reimbursement of expenditure relating to costs and lawyers’ fees) (C/2023/489) Language of the case: Spanish Referring court Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: DX Defendants: Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) Operative part of the judgment Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security, in particular Article 6 thereof, must be interpreted as...