Austria amended legislation, adjusting family benefits such as the family allowance and the deductible family allowance amount to the (lower) price level indices for consumer goods and services (indexation) of the State of residence of the child. This case is not a unique case. In the European Union, similar endeavours were envisaged in several Member States. The Austrian legislation, however, is now being challenged before the CJEU. In the authors’ opinion, this unsuitable cost-saving budget measure contradicts Union law. Consequently, the provisions concerned must remain unapplied. After all, since the Austrian legislation is obviously incompatible with primary Union law, authorities or courts are not even required to refer the matter to the CJEU.

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关于索引家庭福利的想法：是否允许当局应用奥地利的家庭福利索引？欧盟法律的首要地位以及要求欧盟法院作出裁决的权利/义务

奥地利修订了立法，将家庭津贴和可扣除的家庭津贴等家庭津贴调整为儿童居住国消费品和服务（指数化）的（较低）价格水平指数。本案并非特例。在欧洲联盟，若干成员国设想了类似的努力。然而，奥地利的立法现在正受到欧洲法院的挑战。在作者看来，这种不合适的节省成本的预算措施违反了联邦法律。因此，有关规定必须保持不适用。毕竟，由于奥地利立法显然不符合欧盟的主要法律，当局或法院甚至不需要将此事提交给欧盟法院。