Questão jurídica principal
Whether free foundation assets could be used to pay the employer's contributions for 2004-2006
Decisão extraída
No. The foundation was not a financing foundation and had not segregated an employer-contribution reserve; using free assets for employer contributions was impermissible.
Fundamentação extraída
The pre-1985 free assets were at least partly co-financed by employees, so they could not simply be treated as an employer reserve. Patronal welfare funds may only use such assets for employer contributions if a separate employer-contribution reserve exists or the fund is purely patronal in the relevant sense.