Case C-36/23, Familienkasse Sachsen: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 25 April 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Bremen – Germany) – L v Familienkasse Sachsen ...

Official Journal of the European Union C/2024/3573 17.6.2024 EN C series Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 25 April 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Bremen – Germany) – L v Familienkasse Sachsen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Case C-36/23, Familienkasse Sachsen) (1) (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social security – Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 – Family benefits – Article 68 – Rules of priority in the case of overlapping of benefits – Obligation on the institution of the Member State having secondary competence to forward an application for family benefits to the institution of the Member State having primary competence – No application for family benefits in the child’s Member State of residence – Partial recovery of family benefits paid in the Member State of activity as an employed person of one of the parents) (C/2024/3573) Language of the case: German Referring court Finanzgericht Bremen Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: L Defendant: Familienkasse Sachsen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit Operative part of the judgment Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, which lays down priority rules in the event of overlapping family benefits, must be interpreted as meaning that although it does not allow the institution of a Member State whose legislation does not have priority according to the...