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Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato – Italy) – Ministero dell’Interno, Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri v PF

(Case C-569/21) 1

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Social policy – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Directive 2000/78/EC – Article 2(2), Article 4(1) and Article 6(1) – Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age – National legislation fixing a maximum age limit of 30 years for the recruitment of technical psychologist commissioners – Justification)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring Court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants: Ministero dell’Interno, Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri

Respondent: PF

Operative part of the order

Article 2(2), Article 4(1) and Article 6(1) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, read in the light of Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which provides for the fixing of a maximum age limit of 30 years for participation in a competition aimed at recruiting police psychologists.

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1 Date lodged: 16.9.2021.