Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Salzburg (Austria) lodged on 14 November 2012 — Zentralbetriebsrat der gemeinnützigen Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebs GmbH v Province of Salzburg

(Case C-514/12)

2013/C 63/11

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landesgericht Salzburg

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Zentralbetriebsrat der gemeinnützigen Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebs GmbH

Defendant: Province of Salzburg

Question referred

Do Article 45 TFEU and Article 7(1) of Regulation No 492/2011 (1) preclude national legislation (here, Paragraphs 53 and 54 of the Salzburger Landesvertragsbedienstetengesetz) under which, for the purposes of determining the effective date for advancement, a public employer takes into account all uninterrupted periods of service which its employees have completed with it, but takes into account, on an all-inclusive basis from a certain age, only a proportion of the periods of service which its employees have completed with other public or private employers whether within Austria or in other EU or EEA States?

(1)  Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (OJ 2011 L 141, p. 1).