Language of document :

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 6 December 2013 – Office national de l’emploi v Marie-Rose Melchior

(Case C-647/13)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour du travail de Bruxelles

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Office national de l’emploi

Defendant: Marie-Rose Melchior

Question referred

Do the principle of sincere cooperation and Article 4(3) TEU, on the one hand, and Article 34(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, on the other, preclude a Member State, in relation to the issue of qualifying for unemployment benefit, from refusing:

–    to take account of working periods as a contract employee in the service of a European Union institution, established in that Member State, in particular where, both before and after the period of employment as a contract employee, work was performed as an employed person in accordance with the legislation of that Member State;

–    to treat days of unemployment compensated under the ‘Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities’ in the same way as working days, whereas the days of unemployment compensated in accordance with the legislation of that Member State are treated in that way?