This contribution deals with the co-ordination of minimum subsistence benefits in EU law. It is argued that the distinction between social assistance schemes and non-contributory benefits in EU social security law is becoming increasingly redundant. This is recognised in the case law of the CJEU, although paradoxically not in a way that strengthens the rights of mobile citizens, but in an adverse manner that undermines the co-ordination efforts of non-contributory benefits under Regulation 883/2004. In order to overcome this problem, it is argued that social assistance should be included in the material scope of application of Regulation 883/2004. This regulation should abandon the concept of special non-contributory benefits and introduce a new category of minimum subsistence benefits, which would also include social assistance schemes. Such a change could be accompanied by a single, coherent principle to govern the relationship between the right to benefits (Regulation 883/2004) and residence rights (Directive 2004/38), if necessary supported by a cost sharing mechanism for minimum substance benefits under Regulation 883/2004 and, preferably, by a recognition of minimum protection standards for economically non-active EU citizens without a legal right of residence.

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欧盟（非）最低生活津贴的协调：出了什么问题，前进的方向是什么？

该贡献涉及欧盟法律中最低生活津贴的协调。有人认为，欧盟社会保障法中社会援助计划和非缴费型福利之间的区别越来越多余。这在欧洲法院的判例法中得到了承认，尽管矛盾的是，这不是以加强流动公民权利的方式，而是以一种不利的方式破坏了第 883/2004 号条例下非缴费福利的协调工作。为了克服这个问题，有人认为社会救助应被纳入条例 883/2004 的实质适用范围。该法规应摒弃特殊的非缴费型福利的概念，并引入一种新的最低生活福利类别，其中也包括社会援助计划。