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Document 62008CN0542
Case C-542/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 4 December 2008 — Friedrich G. Barth v Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
Case C-542/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 4 December 2008 — Friedrich G. Barth v Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
Case C-542/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 4 December 2008 — Friedrich G. Barth v Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
IO C 90, 18.4.2009, p. 7–7
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
18.4.2009 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 90/7 |
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 4 December 2008 — Friedrich G. Barth v Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
(Case C-542/08)
2009/C 90/10
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Verwaltungsgerichtshof
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Friedrich G. Barth
Defendant: Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
Questions referred
1. |
Does the application of a limitation rule providing for a time-limit of three years in which to bring proceedings in cases such as those which are the subject of the main proceedings in which on grounds of a domestic law situation incompatible with Community law, prior to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Köbler (Case C-224/01), migrant workers were refused special length-of-service increments constitute for the purposes of Article 39 EC and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 (1) indirect discrimination against migrant workers or a restriction on the right to freedom of movement for workers guaranteed by those provisions? |
2. |
If the first question is answered in the affirmative: Do Article 39 EC and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 — in cases such as those which are the subject of the main proceedings — preclude the application of such a limitation rule on special length-of-service increments refused to migrant workers prior to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Köbler (Case C-224/01) on grounds of a domestic law situation which was incompatible with Community law? |
3. |
In circumstances such as those at issue in the main proceedings, in relation to claims seeking to enforce an entitlement to length-of-service increment previously denied — contrary to Community law — on the basis of unambiguously worded national legislation, does the principle of effectiveness preclude the application of limitation rules providing for a time-limit of three years in which to bring proceedings? |
(1) OJ English Special Edition 1968 (II), p. 475