27.4.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 138/23


Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 26 February 2015 — European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

(Case C-238/14) (1)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Social policy - Directive 1999/70/EC - Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Occasional workers in the entertainment arts - Successive fixed-term employment contracts - Clause 5(1) - Measures to prevent the abusive use of successive fixed-term contracts - Concept of ‘objective grounds’ justifying such contracts))

(2015/C 138/31)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J. Enegren and D. Martin, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: D. Holderer, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Declares that, by maintaining in force, with respect to occasional workers in the entertainment arts, derogations from the measures designed to prevent the abusive use of successive fixed-term contracts, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under Clause 5 of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work of 18 March 1999, which is set out in the Annex to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP;

2.

Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 235, 21.7.2014.