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)

(C/2024/3311)

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?

(1)   OJ 2003 L 299, p. 9.