Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 November 2019

Gennaro Cafaro v DQ

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 – Annex I, Point FCL.065 – Scope ratione temporis – Directive 2000/78/EC – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Discrimination on grounds of age – Article 2(5) – Article 4(1) – National legislation providing for the automatic termination of the employment relationship at the age of 60 – Aircraft pilots – Protection of national security

Case C-396/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
06/12/2019 Cafaro
Transport
  • Transport
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Social policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:929		 07/11/2019 Cafaro
Transport
  • Transport
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Social policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
14/09/2018 Cafaro
Transport
  • Transport
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Social policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:541		 26/06/2019 Cafaro
Transport
  • Transport
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Social policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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.
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.14 Social policy
    4.14.00 General
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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)
        4.14.01.01.01 Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.14 Social policy
    4.14.00 General
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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)
        4.14.01.01.01 Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Information not available

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 15/06/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 26/06/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

07/11/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 432 from 23.12.2019, p.11

Application: OJ C 352 from 01.10.2018, p.15

Name of the parties

Cafaro

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Driguez, Laetitia: Politique sociale - Limite d'âge des pilotes d'avions, Europe 2020 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.24 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Corte suprema di cassazione - Italy

Subject-matter

  • Transport
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Social policy

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

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Silva de Lapuerta

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French