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Document 62012CA0507

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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