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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresný súd Košice I (Slovakia) lodged on 30 October 2019 — NI, OJ, PK v Sociálna poisťovňa

(Case C-799/19)

Language of the case: Slovak

Referring court

Okresný súd Košice I

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: NI, OJ, PK

Defendant: Sociálna poisťovňa

Questions referred

Must Article 3 of Directive 2008/94/EC 1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer be interpreted as meaning that the concept of “employees’ outstanding claims resulting from contracts of employment” also covers non-material damage suffered as a result of the death of an employee caused by an accident at work?

Must Article 2 of Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer be interpreted as meaning that where an action for enforcement has been brought against an employer in connection with a judicially recognised claim for compensation for non-material damage suffered as a result of the death of an employee caused by an accident at work, but the claim is deemed irrecoverable in the enforcement proceedings on the ground that the employer has no funds at its disposal, the employer in question is also deemed insolvent?

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1 OJ 2008 L 283, p. 36.