Family benefits in Regulation 883/2004 comprise a broad palette of benefits intended to meet family expenses. The coordination rules on family benefits are based on the idea that it is irrelevant who the recipient of the benefit is, assuming that the benefit is not related to individual rights. Rather, the family/child is the focus. The children of migrant Union citizens are to receive the highest possible benefits from the Member States involved. This is achieved through the principle of exportability from the competent Member State to family members residing in another Member State, as well as through a complex system of overlapping rules for determining primary and secondary responsibility. The CJEU has interpreted the notion of a family benefit in a broad way, which includes income-based benefits paid during child-rearing periods. Over the years, it has been acknowledged that this creates coordination problems. To this end, specific coordination rules have been proposed regarding family benefits that are intended to replace income during periods of child-raising. These rules clarify that such benefits, although they are family benefits, are individual rights and are to be coordinated in a specific way. This article describes and analyses the challenges related to coordinating family benefits, with a particular focus on benefits related to child-rearing, in the light of the proposed amendments.

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协调经典和特定的家庭福利——挑战和建议的解决方案

第 883/2004 号条例中的家庭福利包括一系列旨在满足家庭开支的福利。家庭福利的协调规则基于这样一种观点，即福利的接受者是谁无关紧要，假设福利与个人权利无关。相反，家庭/孩子是焦点。移民联盟公民的子女将从相关成员国获得尽可能高的福利。这是通过从主管成员国向居住在另一个成员国的家庭成员的可输出性原则，以及通过确定主要和次要责任的重叠规则的复杂系统来实现的。CJEU 从广义上解释了家庭福利的概念，其中包括在育儿期间支付的基于收入的福利。多年来，人们已经认识到这会造成协调问题。为此，已经提出了关于旨在替代养育子女期间收入的家庭福利的具体协调规则。这些规则阐明，此类福利虽然是家庭福利，但属于个人权利，应以特定方式进行协调。根据拟议的修正案，本文描述和分析了与协调家庭福利相关的挑战，特别关注与抚养子女相关的福利。虽然它们是家庭福利，但属于个人权利，需要以特定方式加以协调。根据拟议的修正案，本文描述和分析了与协调家庭福利相关的挑战，特别关注与抚养子女相关的福利。虽然它们是家庭福利，但属于个人权利，需要以特定方式加以协调。根据拟议的修正案，本文描述和分析了与协调家庭福利相关的挑战，特别关注与抚养子女相关的福利。