Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 January 2019

Cresco Investigation GmbH v Markus Achatzi

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 21 — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 2(2)(a) — Direct discrimination on grounds of religion — National legislation granting certain employees a day’s holiday on Good Friday — Justification — Article 2(5) — Article 7(1) — Obligations of private employers and national courts resulting from the incompatibility of national law with Directive 2000/78

Case C-193/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
22/02/2019 Cresco Investigation
Social policy
  • Social policy
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:43		 22/01/2019 Cresco Investigation
Social policy
  • Social policy
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2019:43		 22/01/2019 Cresco Investigation
Social policy
  • Social policy
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
11/08/2017 Cresco Investigation
Social policy
  • Social policy
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:614		 25/07/2018 Cresco Investigation
Social policy
  • Social policy
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.14 Social policy
    4.14.01 Equality and non-discrimination
      4.14.01.01 General framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (Directive 2000/78)
        4.14.01.01.00 General
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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
      1.05.02.00 General
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.03 Directives
      2.05.03.00 General
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.21 Non-discrimination
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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
      1.05.02.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 13/04/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 25/07/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

22/01/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 93 from 11.03.2019, p.6

Application: OJ C 283 from 28.08.2017, p.13

Name of the parties

Cresco Investigation

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Van der Mei, A.P.: Goede vrijdag toeslag is directe discriminatie o.g.v. godsdienst, Tijdschrift Recht en Arbeid 2019 nº 11 p.33-34 (NL)
  2. Simon, Denys ; Rigaux, Anne: Discrimination liée à la religion, Europe 2019 Mars Comm. nº 3 p.18-19 (FR)
  3. Skubic, Zoran: Interdiction de la discrimination en vertu de l'appartenance religieuse et réglementation (encore) admissible des fêtes, Pravna praksa 2019 nº 14 p.28-29 (SL)
  4. Klocke, Kyra: Der EuGH und die unmittelbare Horizontalwirkung des Art. 21 GRCh, Betriebs-Berater 2019 p.1204-1209 (DE)
  5. Eleveld, A.: Rechtstreekse horizontale werking van grondrechten van de Europese Unie, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2019 p.88-95 (NL)
  6. Eleveld, A.: Rechtstreekse horizontale werking van grondrechten van de Europese Unie, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2019 N°3/4 p.88-95 (NL)
  7. Wattier, Stéphanie: Arrêt "Cresco Investigation": l'Autriche condamnée pour discrimination directe fondée sur la religion en raison d'un jour férié réservé aux chrétiens, Journal de droit européen 2019 nº 258 p.164-165 (FR)
  8. Holst-Christensen, Nina: Sag C-193/17 Cresco Investigation GmbH, EU-ret & Menneskeret 2019 nº 1 p.15-22 (DA)
  9. Pomahač, Richard: Soudní dvůr EU : Pracovní volno na Velký pátek, Právní rozhledy : časopis pro všechna právní odvětví 2019 p.189-190 (CS)
  10. Friedrich, Michael: Gleichbehandlung / Urlaubstage / Karfreitag, Zeitschrift für europäisches Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht 2019 p.340-349 (DE)
  11. Meij, A.W.H.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2019 nº 42 p.5963-5965 (NL)
  12. Cuypers, D.: Zaak C-193/17, Cresco Investigation GmbH/Markus Achatzi, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2019 p.417-421 (NL)
  13. Hentzschel, Lukas: Verstoβ gegen das unionsrechtliche Diskriminierungsverbot bei Privilegierung bestimmter bekenntnisgebundener Arbeitnehmer im Feiertagsrecht, Europäische Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht 2019 p.482-492 (DE)
  14. Kułak, Maciej: Skutek bezpośredni zasady niedyskryminacji w relacjach horyzontalnych, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2019 Vol. 6 p.33-37 (PL)
  15. Burger, Florian G.: OGH setzt Karfreitags-Urteil des EuGH um, Das Recht der Arbeit 2019 p.542-546 (DE)
  16. Jánošíková, Martina: Veľký piatok ako platený sviatok pre všetkých, Bulletin slovenskej advokácie 2019 n° 3 p. 47-49 (SL)
  17. Gennusa, Maria Elena: Un nuovo pezzo del puzzle: l’effetto diretto della Carta alla prova del caso Cresco, Quaderni costituzionali 2019, n° 2, p. 459-463 (IT)
  18. Polo Sabau, José Ramón: La sentencia del TJUE de 22 de enero de 2019 en el asunto CRESCO INVESTIGATION GmbH y MARKUS ACHATZI: una nueva muestra de la irrelevancia del art. 17 del Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea, Revista General de Derecho Europeo 2020, nº 50, p. 242-261 (ES)
  19. Cecchetti, Lorenzo: Gli strumenti del giudizio di eguaglianza della Corte di giustizia alla prova del divieto di discriminazione sulla base della religione: il caso Cresco Investigation, Il diritto dell'Unione Europea 2020, n. 2, p. 317-360 (IT)
  20. Tinière, Romain: III. Droits fondamentaux - Cour de justice, gde ch., 22 janvier 2019, Cresco Investigation GmbH, aff. C-193/17, ECLI:EU:C:2019:43, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2019. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2020, p. 93-98 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Oberster Gerichtshof - Austria

Subject-matter

  • Social policy
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights

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

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lycourgos

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English