Ved kendelse af 25. januar 1990, indgået til Domstolens Justitskontor den 31. januar 1990, havde Social Security Commissioners forelagt fire præjudicielle spørgsmål vedrørende fortolkningen af artiklerne 2 og 4 i Rådets direktiv 79/7/EØF.
By decision of 25 January 1990, which was received at the Court Registry on 31 January 1990, the Social Security Commissioners referred four questions to the Court for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Articles 2 and 4 of Council Directive 79/7/EEC.