Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 September 2015

João Filipe Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others v Estado português

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varas Cíveis de Lisboa

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses — Meaning of ‘transfer of a business’ –– Obligation to make a request for a preliminary ruling under the third paragraph of Article 267 TFEU — Alleged infringement of EU law attributable to a court of a Member State against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law — Rule of national law which makes the right to reparation for the loss or damage sustained as a result of such an infringement conditional on the prior setting aside of the decision that caused that loss or damage

Case C-160/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
16/10/2015 Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2015:565
09/09/2015 Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2015:565
09/09/2015 Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others
Application (OJ)
16/05/2014 Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2015:390
11/06/2015 Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.14 Social policy
    4.14.02 Employment protection and protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.14 Social policy
    4.14.02 Employment protection and protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.01 Reference to the Court of Justice
      3.04.01.02 Optional or mandatory reference
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.14 Social policy
    4.14.02 Employment protection and protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.02 Implementation of EU law within the national legal system
      1.05.02.03 Member States’ liability for infringements of EU law


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 04/04/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 11/06/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

09/09/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 363 from 03.11.2015, p.14

Application: OJ C 175 from 10.06.2014, p.30

Name of the parties

Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Beijer, M.P. ; Krommendijk, J.: Jurisprudentie bestuursrecht 2015 nº 12 p.920-926 (NL)
  2. Beltzer, R.M.: Jurisprudentie arbeidsrecht 2015 nº 14 p.1762-1764 (NL)
  3. Petroglou, Ioannis: I ypochreosi ypovolis prodikastikou erotimatos sto DEE kai i efthyni tou kratous melous gia apozimiosi epi mi ypovolis tou, Epitheorisis Dikaiou Koinonikis Asfaliseos 2015 p.596-603 (EL)
  4. Hojnik, Janja ; Vatovec, Katarina: Sizifovo delo sodišč zadnje stopnje v zadevah prava EU, Pravna praksa 2015 nº 41 p.6-8 (SL)
  5. Cavallini, Joël: Transfert d'entreprise entre une société mère et sa filiale, La Semaine Juridique - Social 2015 nº 47 p.30-31 (FR)
  6. Simon, Denys: Responsabilité des États membres du fait des décisions de justice, Europe 2015 Novembre Comm. nº 11 p.12-13 (FR)
  7. Hojnik, Janja: Okrepljena obveznost postavitve vprašanja v predhodno odločanje na Sodišče EU s strani nacionalnih sodišč zadnje instance, Davčno-finančna praksa : davki, finance, zavarovalnistvo 2015 n° 10 p.22-26 (SL)
  8. Coutron, Laurent: Cour de justice, 9 septembre 2015, Ferreira da Silva e Brito e.a., aff. C-160/14, ECLI:EU:C:2015:565, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015 (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2015 p.211-213 (FR)
  9. Simon, Denys: Responsabilité des États membres du fait des décisions de justice, Europe 2015 Novembre Comm. nº 11 p.12-13 (FR)
  10. Dumitrașcu, Augustina: Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene, Curierul Judiciar 2015 p.626-627 (RO)
  11. Van Meerbeeck, Jérémie: Arrêt "Ferreira" : le renvoi préjudiciel des juridictions suprêmes en cas d'acte clair, Journal de droit européen 2015 nº 224 p.399-400 (FR)
  12. Ortlep, R.: Hoogste nationale rechter is gehouden zich tot het Hof te wenden wanneer lagere rechterlijke instanties uiteenlopende beslissingen geven over de uitlegging van het EU-recht en die uitleg tevens herhaaldelijk moeilijkheden oplevert in de verschillende lidstaten. Staatsaansprakelijkheid wegens schending van het EU-recht door de hoogste nationale rechter, Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2016 nº1 p.10-12 (NL)
  13. Lozito, Marco: La conservazione dell'identità dell'entità nel trasferimento d'azienda : un film o una fotografia ?, Rivista italiana di diritto del lavoro 2016 II p.232-238 (IT)
  14. Dusart, Florence ; Jorens, Filip: Het begrip "overgang van onderneming" en de toepassing van het Europees recht, Tijdschrift voor rechtspersoon en vennootschap 2016 p.397-405 (NL)
  15. Cobreros Mendazona, Edorta: Un paso más en la consolidación de la responsabilidad patrimonial de los estados por incumplimiento judicial del drecho de la Unión europea (y en el reforzamiento de la cuestión prejudicial): la Sentencia Ferreira da Silva, Revista española de Derecho Europeo 2016 nº58 p.83-107 (ES)
  16. Silveira, Alessandra ; Perez Fernandes, Sophie: Preliminary References, Effective Judicial Protection and State Liability. What if the Ferreira da Silva Judgment Had not Been Delivered?, Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2016 nº 54 p.631-666 (EN)
  17. Wendenburg, Albrecht: Vorlagepflicht letztinstanzlicher Gerichte, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2016 p.115-116 (DE)
  18. Hanau, Hans: Betriebsübergang, Verletzung der Vorlagepflicht und Staatshaftung, Europäische Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht 2016 p.499-505 (DE)
  19. Coutron, Laurent: V. Questions préjudicielles - Cour de justice, 9 septembre 2015, Ferreira da Silva e Brito e.a., aff. C-160/14, ECLI:EU:C:2015:565, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2016, p. 211-213 (FR)
  20. Hordies, Jean-Paul: Chronique de contentieux de l'Union européenne, L'Observateur de Bruxelles 2017 p.54-57 (FR)
  21. Croci, Filippo: Nuove riflessioni sull'obbligo di rinvio pregiudiziale interpretativo alla luce delle sentenze Ferreira da Silva e X, Studi sull'integrazione europea 2017 N°2 p.427-452 (IT)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Varas Cíveis de Lisboa - Portugal

Subject-matter

  • Social policy
  • Approximation of laws

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Silva de Lapuerta

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • Portuguese

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French