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Document 62021CB0133

Case C-133/21: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Efeteio Athinon — Greece) — VP, CX, RG, TR and Others v Elliniko Dimosio (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social Policy — Directive 1999/70/EC — Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Clause 4 — Principle of non-discrimination — Successive fixed-term contracts in the public sector — National legislation establishing a difference in treatment as regards remuneration between workers employed under fixed-term contracts for the supply of services and those employed under contracts of indefinite duration — No justification — Concept of ‘objective reasons’)

OJ C 359, 19.9.2022, p. 14–14 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

19.9.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 359/14


Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Efeteio Athinon — Greece) — VP, CX, RG, TR and Others v Elliniko Dimosio

(Case C-133/21) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social Policy - Directive 1999/70/EC - Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Clause 4 - Principle of non-discrimination - Successive fixed-term contracts in the public sector - National legislation establishing a difference in treatment as regards remuneration between workers employed under fixed-term contracts for the supply of services and those employed under contracts of indefinite duration - No justification - Concept of ‘objective reasons’)

(2022/C 359/17)

Language of the case: Greek

Referring court

Efeteio Athinon

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants: VP, CX, RG, TR and Others

Respondent: Elliniko Dimosio

Operative part of the order

Clause 4(1) of the framework agreement on fixed-term work, concluded on 18 March 1999, which is annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation under which a fixed-term worker, whose contracts is classified as a contract for the supply of services, is not entitled to receive remuneration equivalent to that paid to a permanent worker on the ground that that worker carried out his or her work under a fixed-term contract in the knowledge that that contract sought to meet permanent and long-lasting needs of his or her employer.


(1)  OJ C 206, 31.5.2021.


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