Reports of Cases
2007 I-00611
Subject-matter
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Conseil d’Etat (France) – Interpretation of Article 3(1) of Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community (OJ 2002 L 80, p. 29), and of Article 1 of Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies (OJ 1998 L 225, p. 16) – Obligation on undertakings to inform and consult employees where the number of their employees exceeds a certain threshold – National legislation excluding from the calculation of staff numbers employees aged under 26
Systematic classification scheme
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B-15.06 Information and consultation of employees
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
B-15 Social policy
B-15.06 Information and consultation of employees
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B-15.02 Employment protection and protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
B-15 Social policy
B-15.02 Employment protection and protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 137
: paragraph 36
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Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991)
-A104BISL1 : paragraph 26
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Directive 98/59
: paragraphs 1, 25, 43, 47
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Directive 98/59
-A01P1 : paragraphs 3, 44, 45
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Directive 98/59
-A01P1L1LA : paragraph 49
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Directive 98/59
-A02P1 : paragraph 4
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Directive 98/59
-A03 : paragraph 5
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Directive 98/59
-A05 : paragraphs 6, 44
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Directive 2002/14
: paragraphs 1, 32, 34, 38, 39
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Directive 2002/14
-A01P1 : paragraphs 10, 25, 36
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Directive 2002/14
-A02LD : paragraph 31
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Directive 2002/14
-A03P1 : paragraphs 12, 40, 41
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Directive 2002/14
-A03P1L2 : paragraph 33
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Directive 2002/14
-A03P2 : paragraph 37
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Directive 2002/14
-A03P3 : paragraph 37
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Directive 2002/14
-A04P1 : paragraph 13
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Directive 2002/14
-A11P1 : paragraph 40
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Directive 2002/14
-C18 : paragraph 36
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -383/92
: paragraphs 43, 46
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -167/97
: paragraphs 28, 29
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -187/00
: paragraphs 28, 29
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -151/02
: paragraph 35
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/04
: paragraph 40
Operative part
Opinion
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Directive 75/129
: point 69
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Directive 94/45
-A02P2 : point 51
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Directive 98/59
: points 1, 23, 52, 69, 75, 76, 80 - 82, 84 - 86
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Directive 98/59
-A01 : point 70
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Directive 98/59
-A01P1 : points 3, 6
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Directive 98/59
-A02 : point 79
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Directive 98/59
-A02P1 : point 4
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Directive 98/59
-A03 : point 5
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Directive 1999/70
-NCL7 : point 53
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Directive 2002/14
: points 1, 28, 29, 44, 51 - 54, 58, 61, 62, 66, 82, 85
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Directive 2002/14
-A01P1 : point 23
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Directive 2002/14
-A02LD : points 7, 37 - 39, 80
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Directive 2002/14
-A03 : point 8
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Directive 2002/14
-A03P1 : point 34
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Directive 2002/14
-A03P1L1 : points 35 - 39, 49, 60, 63
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Directive 2002/14
-A03P1L2 : points 31, 33, 41, 42, 45, 47, 48, 56, 59, 67, 75, 76, 81, 84, 86
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Directive 2002/14
-A03P3 : point 40
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Directive 2002/14
-A04 : point 10
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Directive 2002/14
-A09 : point 79
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Directive 2002/14
-A09P1 : point 11
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Directive 2002/14
-A11 : point 12
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Directive 2002/14
-A11P1 : point 65
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Directive 2002/14
-C19 : point 59
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -15/60
: point 47
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -91/81
: point 73
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -382/92
: point 85
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -449/93
: points 70, 80, 85
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -68/94
: point 47
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -32/02
: point 70
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -188/03
: points 44, 70
Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
Date of the hearing
Information not available
Date of delivery
18/01/2007
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Application: OJ C 330 from 24.12.2005, p.10
Judgment: OJ C 56 from 10.03.2007, p.9
Name of the parties
Confédération générale du travail and Others
Notes on Academic Writings
- Cassia, Paul: Procédure accélérée. Le Conseil d'Etat suspend l'exécution d'une ordonnance dont la compatibilité avec le droit communautaire lui était apparue douteuse dans une affaire précédente, saisit la Cour à titre préjudiciel mais voit sa demande de traitement accéléré rejetée, Europe 2006 Janvier Comm. nº 2 p.9-10
- Gauriau, Bernard: Les jeunes de moins de vingt-six ans doivent être pris en compte dans le calcul des effectifs de l'entreprise, La semaine juridique - Social 2007 nº 1082 p.28-31
- Chaltiel, Florence: Le droit du travail devant la Cour de justice européenne (À propos de l'arrêt préjudiciel du 18 janvier 2007), Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2007 nº 55 p.3-5
- Idot, Laurence: Notion de travailleur et décompte des effectifs, Europe 2007 Mars Comm. nº 93 p.19
- Mestre, Bruno: The ruling "CGT and others" - Commission vs UK revisted?, European Law Reporter 2007 p.151-156
- Boonstra, K.: Uitsluiten werknemers jonger dan 26 jaar bij toepassing drempelbepalingen Europese richtlijnen niet toegestaan, Sociaal recht 2007 p.176-177
- Cosio, R.: Il Foro italiano 2007 IV Col.270-271
- Bonnin, Vincent: L'exclusion des travailleurs de moins de 26 ans et le droit communautaire, Recueil Le Dalloz 2007 p.776-779
- Tissandier, Hélène: L'actualité de la jurisprudence communautaire et internationale, Revue de jurisprudence sociale 2007 p.297-299
- Dorssemont, F.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2007 p.432-434
- Bellavista, Alessandro: Il diritto comunitario vieta di escludere i giovani dal computo dei dipendenti ai fini dell'applicazione delle norme in materia di informazione dei lavoratori, Rivista italiana di diritto del lavoro 2007 II p.744-749
- Bogoni, Milena: La exclusión de los trabajadores menores de 26 años de los derechos de información y consulta en la empresa como medida de fomento del empleo: el problemático caso francés (comentario a la STJCE, de 18 de enero de 2007, asunto C-385/05), Revista de derecho social 2007 nº 40 p.125-136
- Weber, Christoph: Schwellenwerte für die Beschäftigtenzahl bei Massenentlassungen, Europäische Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht 2008 p.355-366
- Godeanu, Teodor Narcis: Politicǎ socialǎ. Apropierea legislațiilor. Licențieri colective, reflectare în practica judiciarǎ a Curții de Justiție a Comunitǎților Europene, Dreptul 2009 nº 3 p.230-235
Procedural Analysis Information
Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling
Conseil d'État - France
Subject-matter
- Approximation of laws
- Social policy
Provisions of national law referred to
Loi no. 2005-846 du 26/07/2005
Provisions of international law referred to
Information not available
Procedure and result
- Reference for a preliminary ruling
Formation of the Court
deuxième chambre (Cour)
Judge-Rapporteur
Schintgen
Advocate General
Mengozzi
Language(s) of the Case
Language(s) of the Opinion