Court of Justice 28 October 2004, C-306/03 (Cristalina Salgado Alonso v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) and Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS).)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The applicant in the main proceedings, Mrs Salgado Alonso, received a special form of unemployment benefit in Spain in the past. During that period the State employment agency paid contributions into the statutory pension insurance scheme on her behalf.