Press Release: Judgments in Cases C-361/13 and C-433/13. Commission v Slovakia

By limiting entitlement to disability benefits and the Christmas bonus for persons on a low income to Slovak residents, Slovakia has not failed to fulfil its obligations under an EU regulation.

First, the benefits at issue do not fall within the scope of the regulation on the coordination of social security systems which prohibits, in principle, discrimination against the recipients of social benefits on the basis of their State of residence and, second, the Commission has failed to establish that the Christmas bonus is covered by it.