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Document 62015CN0539

    Case C-539/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 15 October 2015 — Daniel Bowman v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt

    OJ C 27, 25.1.2016, p. 8–9 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    25.1.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 27/8

    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 15 October 2015 — Daniel Bowman v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt

    (Case C-539/15)

    (2016/C 027/10)

    Language of the case: German

    Referring court

    Oberster Gerichtshof

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Daniel Bowman

    Defendant: Pensionsversicherungsanstalt

    Questions referred

    1.

    Is Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in conjunction with Article 2(1) and (2) and Article 6 of Council Directive 2000/78/EC (1), and also having regard to Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, to be interpreted as meaning that

    a)

    a provision in a collective agreement which provides for a longer period for incremental advancement for employment at the start of a career, thereby making it more difficult to advance to the next salary step, constitutes an indirect difference in treatment based on age,

    b)

    and, if such is the case, that such a rule is appropriate and necessary in the light of the limited professional experience at the start of a career?

    (1)  Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16).

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