Reports of Cases

2006 I-07471

Subject-matter

Failure by a Member State to fulfil obligations – Breach of Article 17(1) of Council Directive 93/104/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ 1993 L 307, p. 18) – Scope of the derogation – Implementation of provisions relating to rest periods

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 118A : paragraph 35
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 136 : paragraph 35
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : paragraph 25
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 249 : paragraph 1
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 249 -L3 : paragraphs 29, 30, 35
• Directive 93/104 : paragraphs 6, 27, 29, 38, 40 - 43, 45
• Directive 93/104 -A01P1 : paragraphs 2, 35
• Directive 93/104 -A03 : paragraphs 3, 7, 29, 30, 37, 39, 42, 44 - 47
• Directive 93/104 -A04 : paragraph 45
• Directive 93/104 -A05 : paragraphs 3, 8, 29, 30, 37, 39, 42, 44 - 47
• Directive 93/104 -A05L1 : paragraph 4
• Directive 93/104 -A06 : paragraph 45
• Directive 93/104 -A07 : paragraph 45
• Directive 93/104 -A07P1 : paragraph 46
• Directive 93/104 -A08 : paragraph 45
• Directive 93/104 -A17P1 : paragraphs 1, 4, 20, 21, 47
• Directive 93/104 -A18P1LA : paragraph 5
• Directive 93/104 -C1 : paragraph 35
• Directive 93/104 -C4 : paragraph 35
• Directive 93/104 -C7 : paragraph 35
• Directive 93/104 -C8 : paragraph 35
• Directive 2000/34 : paragraph 1
• Directive 2003/88 : paragraph 6
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -152/98 : paragraph 24
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -173/99 : paragraphs 35, 36, 38, 44, 46
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -439/99 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -397/01 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -151/02 : paragraphs 40, 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -420/02 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -147/03 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -433/03 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -484/04 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -14/04 : paragraphs 35, 36, 38, 40
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/04 : paragraphs 24 - 26

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 93/104 -A03
• Reference : Directive 93/104 -A05
• Reference : Directive 93/104 -A17P1

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 118A : point 27
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 10 : point 73
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : point 42
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 -P1 : point 51
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 228 -P1 : point 51
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 249 : points 44, 45, 51
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 249 -L3 : points 51, 52, 54, 72, 76
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A38P1LC : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A69P5 : point 75
  
• Directive 93/104 : points 4, 7, 76
  
• Directive 93/104 -A03 : points 5, 8, 44, 45, 51, 52, 54, 55, 60 - 62, 64, 65, 71, 76
  
• Directive 93/104 -A04 : point 62
  
• Directive 93/104 -A05 : points 5, 9, 44, 45, 51, 52, 54, 55, 60 - 62, 64, 65, 71, 76
  
• Directive 93/104 -A05L1 : point 5
  
• Directive 93/104 -A06 : points 63, 65
  
• Directive 93/104 -A06L1PT2 : point 63
  
• Directive 93/104 -A07 : point 62
  
• Directive 93/104 -A08 : point 65
  
• Directive 93/104 -A08L1PT1 : point 63
  
• Directive 93/104 -A17P1 : points 6, 11, 23 - 26, 31 - 34, 76
  
• Directive 93/104 -C4 : point 29
  
• Directive 2003/88 : point 4
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -249/81 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -84/94 : points 27, 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -303/98 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -173/99 : points 27, 28, 30, 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -439/99 : point 42
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -178/00 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -185/00 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -397/01 : points 27, 28, 30, 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -151/02 : points 27, 28, 31, 65, 66
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -313/02 : points 27, 28, 30, 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -340/02 : point 42
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/03 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -55/03 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -147/03 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -278/03 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -433/03 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/03 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/03 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -544/03 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -131/04 : point 66
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -14/04 : points 27, 28, 30, 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/04 : point 42
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -33/04 : points 42, 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/04 : point 22
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 23/11/2004

Date of the Opinion

• 09/03/2006

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

07/09/2006

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 31 from 05.02.2005, p.7

Judgment: OJ C 261 from 28.10.2006, p.3

Name of the parties

Commission v United Kingdom

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Meyer, Francis: Droit communautaire du travail, Recueil Le Dalloz 2005 Pan. p.2783-2789
2. Cavallini, Joël: L'employeur doit veiller à la prise effective de son temps de repos par le salarié, La semaine juridique - Social 2006 nº 1752 p.21-22
3. Lhernould, Jean-Philippe: L'actualité de la jurisprudence communautaire et internationale, Revue de jurisprudence sociale 2007 p.13-17
4. Anthimos, A.: Armenopoulos 2007 p.1270-1271

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Social policy
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

Troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ó Caoimh

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German