Court of Justice 23 September 1999, C-382/98 (The Queen v Secretary of State for Social Security, ex parte John Henry Taylor.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 In the present case, the Court of Justice is required to give a ruling on the interpretation of 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 (1) (`the Directive'), in the context of a provision of national law