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Social policy — Approximation of laws — Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer — Directive 80/987 — National legislation introducing a time-limit for the lodging of an application seeking to obtain compensation in respect of outstanding salary claims — Whether permissible — Conditions — (Council Directive 80/987)

Summary

Directive 80/987 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer does not preclude the application of a time-limit laid down by national law for the lodging of an application by an employee seeking to obtain, in accordance with the detailed rules laid down in that directive, a compensation payment in respect of outstanding salary claims resulting from his employer ' s insolvency, provided that the time-limit is no less favourable than those governing similar domestic applications (principle of equivalence) and is not framed in such a way as to render impossible in practice the exercise of rights conferred by Community law (principle of effectiveness).

see para. 46, operative part 1