Overview of recent cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union (January - June 2018)

In the reporting period January-June 2018, the Court of Justice delivered various rulings of particular significance for social security and social benefits. The ruling that stands out is the one in Altun,1 which concerns the rules on posting as contained in Regulations 1408/712 and 883/20043 and, specifically, the probative value of E-101 and A-1 certificates. In addition, the CJEU has brought about an important clarification of the application of Regulation 883/2004 to pre-retirement benefits (Czerwiński),4 the application of the single State rule to persons residing in a third State (Jahin),5 and the export of unemployment benefits (Klein Schiphorst).6 Finally, this overview includes rulings concerning the social security rights of persons who have worked for an EU institution (DW),7 social security rights that may be derived from the EU-Switzerland agreement on free movement of persons (Crespo Rey)8 and the application of Directive 79/7 on equal treatment for men and women in social security matters9 to the pension rights of persons who have undergone sex reassignment surgery (MB).10. © The Author(s) 2018.