C-168/20BJ and OV v Mrs M and Others

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Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of movement of persons – Citizenship of the Union – Article 21 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Article 49 TFEU – Equal treatment – Directive 2004/38/EC – Article 24(1) – Legislation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland making the exclusion, in principle in full and automatically, from the bankruptcy estate of pension rights accrued under a pension scheme dependent on prior registration of the pension scheme with the tax authorities – Application of that requirement in bankruptcy proceedings in respect of an EU citizen who has exercised his right to freedom of movement in order to pursue a self-employed occupation in the United Kingdom on a permanent basis – That EU citizen’s pension rights accrued under a pension scheme established and tax approved in his home Member State – Inability to avail of the protection of exclusion from the bankruptcy estate of those pension rights – Application to those pension rights of a system of exclusion from the bankruptcy estate significantly less advantageous to the bankrupt.

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