Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie (Belgium) lodged on 3 April 2015 — Samira Achbita, Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding v G4S Secure Solutions NV

(Case C-157/15)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hof van Cassatie

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants:    Samira Achbita, Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding

Defendant:     G4S Secure Solutions NV

Question referred

Should Article 2(2)(a) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC ¹ of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation be interpreted as meaning that the prohibition on wearing, as a female Muslim, a headscarf at the workplace does not constitute direct discrimination where the employer’s rule prohibits all employees from wearing outward signs of political, philosophical and religious beliefs at the workplace?

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¹ OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16.