Questão jurídica principal
Whether the claimant could rely on Swedish employment periods to meet the Swiss contribution-period requirement for unemployment benefits.
Decisão extraída
No. Foreign employment could not be totaled because she had not been employed in Switzerland immediately before unemployment.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 67(3) of Regulation No. 1408/71, aggregation requires prior insurance or employment periods in the state where benefits are claimed, subject only to the special rule in Art. 71(1)(b)(ii). The claimant fell outside that exception because the residence-state/loss-of-employment situation was created only after unemployment began.