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    Case C-507/12: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom) — Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 45 TFEU — Directive 2004/38/EC — Article 7 — ‘Worker’  — Union citizen who gave up work because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth)

    OJ C 282, 25.8.2014, p. 5–6 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    25.8.2014   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 282/5


    Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom) — Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

    (Case C-507/12) (1)

    ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 45 TFEU - Directive 2004/38/EC - Article 7 - ‘Worker’ - Union citizen who gave up work because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth))

    2014/C 282/07

    Language of the case: English

    Referring court

    Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicants: Jessy Saint Prix

    Defendants: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

    Intervening party: AIRE Centre

    Operative part of the judgment

    Article 45 TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that a woman who gives up work, or seeking work, because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth retains the status of ‘worker’, within the meaning of that article, provided she returns to work or finds another job within a reasonable period after the birth of her child.


    (1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.


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