Court of Justice 16 June 2011, C-123/10 (Waltraud Brachner v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction. 1. In accordance with Article 267 TFEU, the Austrian Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court) (‘the referring court’) referred to the Court a series of questions seeking a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 4 of Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the