Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeitsgericht Wuppertal (Germany) lodged on 14 December 2009 — Dieter May v AOK Rheinland/Hamburg — Die Gesundheitskasse

(Case C-519/09)

2010/C 80/14

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Arbeitsgericht Wuppertal

Parties to the main proceedings

Claimant: Dieter May

Defendant: AOK Rheinland/Hamburg — Die Gesundheitskasse

Question referred

Does the concept of worker within the meaning of Article 7(1) and (2) of Directive 2003/88/EC (corresponding to Article 7 of Directive 93/104/EC) … (1) also cover an employee subject to staff regulations (Dienstordnungsangestellter) in a public-law body whose autonomous regulations issued on the basis of authorisation under federal legislation (Paragraph 351 of the Reichsversicherungsordnung (National Social Insurance Code)) refer, in respect of the holiday entitlement of such an employee, to the provisions applicable to public servants (here Paragraph 101 of the Landesbeamtengesetz NW (Law on public servants of the Land North Rhine-Westphalia) in conjunction with the Verordnung über den Erholungsurlaub der Beamtinnen und Beamten und Richterinnen und Richter im Lande Nordrhein-Westfalen (Regulations on the holiday leave of public servants and judges in the Land North Rhine-Westphalia))?

(1)  Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ 2003, L 299, p. 9).