Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 10 November 2016 — Volker Willmeroth, as owner of TWI Technische Wartung und Instandsetzung Volker Willmeroth e. K. v Martina Broßonn
(Case C-570/16)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Bundesarbeitsgericht
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Volker Willmeroth, as owner of TWI Technische Wartung und Instandsetzung Volker Willmeroth e. K.
Defendant: Martina Broßonn
Questions referred
1. Do Article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time 1 or Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union grant the heir of a worker who died while in an employment relationship a right to financial compensation for the worker’s minimum annual leave prior to his death, which is precluded by Paragraph 7(4) of the Bundesurlaubsgesetz (Federal Law on paid leave), read in conjunction with Paragraph 1922(1) of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (Civil Code)?
2. If the first question is answered in the affirmative:
Does this also apply where the employment relationship is between two private persons?
____________1 OJ 2003 L 299, p. 9.