Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) lodged on 9 February 2024 - Sindicat de Treballadores i Treballadors de les Administracions i els Serveis Publics (STAS - IV) v Valenciana d’Estrategies i Recursos per a la Sostenibilitat Ambiental, S. A. (VAERSA) and Others
(Case C-110/24, STAS - IV)
Language of the case: Spanish
Referring court
Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Sindicat de Treballadores i Treballadors de les Administracions i els Serveis Publics (STAS - IV)
Defendant: Valenciana d’Estrategies i Recursos per a la Sostenibilitat Ambiental S.A. (VAERSA)
Other parties: Comisiones Obreras del País Valencià (CCOO-PV), Confederación General del Treball del País Valencià i Murcia (CGT- PV), Unión General de Trabajadores del País Valenciano (UGT-PV), Sindicato Intercomarcal de Trabajadores de Castellón (SIT), Unión Sindical Obrera de la Comunidad Valenciana (USO), Colectivo de Personal Administrativo y Técnico de VAERSA (CPAT VAERSA)
Question referred
Must Article 2 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 be interpreted as meaning that the time spent by workers travelling in the company’s vehicle at the beginning and end of the working day from the base to the micro-reserve or work site at which they carry out their duties and from there to the base constitutes ‘working time’ within the meaning of Article 2 of the Directive?
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1 OJ 2003 L 299, p. 9.