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The applicant in application no. 30405/02 also complains that he has been denied an effective remedy, contrary to Article 13.

The applicant in application no. 30405/02, as can be seen from the table, applied for widows" benefits within the relevant time-limit from his wife's death.

None of the applicants (save the applicant in application no. 30405/02) can be said to have been directly affected by the discrimination of which they complain during the period between their wives" deaths, on the dates set out at column 4 of the table attached, and the dates on which they lodged their relevant claims for widows" benefits, as set out at column 6 of the table.

The applicant in application no. 30405/02 also invokes Article 13 of the Convention.

Decides, in respect of application no. 30405/02, where the applicant complains about discrimination in relation to widows" benefits and made a claim for benefits within the applicable time-limit, to adjourn the examination of his complaints in their entirety, save in respect of the complaint under Article 13;.

30405/02.

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The Court recalls that Article 13 does not go so far as to guarantee a remedy allowing a Contracting State's primary legislation to be challenged before a national authority on grounds that it is contrary to the Convention (see, for example, Willis v. the United Kingdom, no. 36042/97, § 62, ECHR 2002-IV).