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Document 62018CA0626
Case C-626/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 December 2020 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Directive (EU) 2018/957 — Freedom to provide services — Posting of workers — Terms and conditions of employment — Remuneration — Duration of posting — Determination of the legal basis — Articles 53 and 62 TFEU — Amendment of an existing directive — Article 9 TFEU — Principle of non-discrimination — Necessity — Principle of proportionality — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 — Scope — Road transport — Article 58 TFEU)
Case C-626/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 December 2020 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Directive (EU) 2018/957 — Freedom to provide services — Posting of workers — Terms and conditions of employment — Remuneration — Duration of posting — Determination of the legal basis — Articles 53 and 62 TFEU — Amendment of an existing directive — Article 9 TFEU — Principle of non-discrimination — Necessity — Principle of proportionality — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 — Scope — Road transport — Article 58 TFEU)
Case C-626/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 December 2020 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Directive (EU) 2018/957 — Freedom to provide services — Posting of workers — Terms and conditions of employment — Remuneration — Duration of posting — Determination of the legal basis — Articles 53 and 62 TFEU — Amendment of an existing directive — Article 9 TFEU — Principle of non-discrimination — Necessity — Principle of proportionality — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 — Scope — Road transport — Article 58 TFEU)
OJ C 44, 8.2.2021, p. 4–4
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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8.2.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 44/4 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 December 2020 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union
(Case C-626/18) (1)
(Action for annulment - Directive (EU) 2018/957 - Freedom to provide services - Posting of workers - Terms and conditions of employment - Remuneration - Duration of posting - Determination of the legal basis - Articles 53 and 62 TFEU - Amendment of an existing directive - Article 9 TFEU - Principle of non-discrimination - Necessity - Principle of proportionality - Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 - Scope - Road transport - Article 58 TFEU)
(2021/C 44/04)
Language of the case: Polish
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna and D. Lutostańska, acting as Agents)
Defendants: European Parliament (represented: initially by M. Martínez Iglesias, K. Wójcik, A. Pospíšilová Padowska and L. Visaggio, then by M. Martínez Iglesias, K. Wójcik, L. Visaggio and A. Tamás, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented: initially by E. Ambrosini, K. Adamczyk Delamarre and A. Norberg, then by E. Ambrosini, A. Sikora-Kalėda, Zs. Bodnar and A. Norberg, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the European Parliament: Federal Republic of Germany (represented: initially by J. Möller and T. Henze, and subsequently by J. Möller, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented by: E. de Moustier, A.-L. Desjonquères and R. Coesme, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman, C. Schillemans and J. Langer, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: M. Kellerbauer, B. R. Killmann and A. Szmytkowska, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the Council of the European Union: Federal Republic of Germany (represented: initially by J. Möller and T. Henze, and subsequently by J. Möller, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented by: E. de Moustier, A.-L Desjonquères and R. Coesme, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman, C. Schillemans and J. Langer, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Sweden (represented: initially by C. Meyer-Seitz, A. Falk, H. Shev, J. Lundberg and H. Eklinder, then by C. Meyer-Seitz, H. Shev and H. Eklinder, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: M. Kellerbauer, B. R. Killmann and A. Szmytkowska, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders the Republic of Poland to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union; |
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Orders the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Sweden and the European Commission to bear their own costs. |