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Document 62008CN0164
Case C-164/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Monomeles Protodikio Rethimnon (Greece) lodged on 17 April 2008 — Mikhail Zakharioudakis v Dimos Labis
Case C-164/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Monomeles Protodikio Rethimnon (Greece) lodged on 17 April 2008 — Mikhail Zakharioudakis v Dimos Labis
Case C-164/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Monomeles Protodikio Rethimnon (Greece) lodged on 17 April 2008 — Mikhail Zakharioudakis v Dimos Labis
IO C 171, 5.7.2008, p. 22–23
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
5.7.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 171/22 |
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Monomeles Protodikio Rethimnon (Greece) lodged on 17 April 2008 — Mikhail Zakharioudakis v Dimos Labis
(Case C-164/08)
(2008/C 171/34)
Language of the case: Greek
Referring court
Monomeles Protodikio Rethimnon
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Mikhail Zakharioudakis
Defendant: Dimos Labis
Questions referred
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Do clause 5 and clause 8(1) and (3) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, which forms an integral part of Council Directive 1999/70/EC (OJ 1999 L 175 p. 43), mean that Community law (by reason of the application of the said Framework Agreement) does not allow a Member State to adopt measures
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If question 1 is answered in the affirmative, where there is an equivalent legal measure under national law, within the meaning of clause 5(1) of the Framework Agreement, which existed before Directive 1999/70/EC entered into force, such as Article 8(3) of Law 2112/1920 at issue in the main proceedings, is the adoption of a legal measure by reason of the application of the Framework Agreement, such as Article 11 of Presidential Decree 164/2004 at issue in the main proceedings, an unacceptable reduction in the general level [of protection] afforded to fixed-term workers under national law within the meaning of clause 8(1) and (3) of the Framework Agreement:
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If question 1 is answered in the affirmative, where an equivalent legal measure within the meaning of clause 5(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work, which forms an integral part of Directive 1999/70/EC, already existed in the national legal order before that directive entered into force, as in the case of Article 8(3) of Law 2112/1920 at issue in the main proceedings, is the adoption of a legal measure by reason of the application of the Framework Agreement, such as Article 7 of Presidential Decree 164/2004 at issue in the main proceedings an unacceptable reduction in the general level of protection afforded to fixed-term workers under national law within the meaning of clause 8(1) and (3) of the Framework Agreement, when that provides, as the sole means of protection of fixed-term workers from abuse, for an obligation on the part of the employer to pay wages and severance pay where workers have wrongfully been employed under successive fixed-term employment contracts, bearing in mind
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If all the above questions are answered in the affirmative, should the national court, in interpreting national law in accordance with Directive 1999/70/EC, disapply the provisions of the legal measure which are not compatible with it, but which were adopted by reason of the application of the Framework Agreement and result in a reduction in the general level of protection afforded to fixed-term workers under national law, such as Articles 7 and 11 of Presidential Decree 164/2004 and apply instead an equivalent legal measure which existed before the directive entered into force, such as Article 8(3) of Law 2112/1920? |
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If the national court finds that — in principle — a provision (in this case Article 8(3) of Law 2112/1920) that constitutes an equivalent legal measure within the meaning of clause 5(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work, which is an integral part of Directive 1999/70/EC, is applicable to a dispute over fixed-term work and, on the basis of that provision, the finding that successive contracts of employment were concluded as a fixed-term contract for no objective reason relating to the nature, type or features of the work offered means that the contracts must be recognised as a contract of employment of indefinite duration, then
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