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Document 62015CA0258
Case C-258/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 November 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco — Spain) — Gorka Salaberria Sorondo v Academia Vasca de Policía y Emergencias (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 2(2) and Article 4(1) — Discrimination on grounds of age — Recruitment of police officers of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country restricted to candidates under 35 years of age — Concept of ‘genuine and determining occupational requirement’ — Objective pursued — Proportionality)
Case C-258/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 November 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco — Spain) — Gorka Salaberria Sorondo v Academia Vasca de Policía y Emergencias (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 2(2) and Article 4(1) — Discrimination on grounds of age — Recruitment of police officers of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country restricted to candidates under 35 years of age — Concept of ‘genuine and determining occupational requirement’ — Objective pursued — Proportionality)
Case C-258/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 November 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco — Spain) — Gorka Salaberria Sorondo v Academia Vasca de Policía y Emergencias (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 2(2) and Article 4(1) — Discrimination on grounds of age — Recruitment of police officers of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country restricted to candidates under 35 years of age — Concept of ‘genuine and determining occupational requirement’ — Objective pursued — Proportionality)
IO C 14, 16.1.2017, p. 8–8
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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16.1.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 14/8 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 November 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco — Spain) — Gorka Salaberria Sorondo v Academia Vasca de Policía y Emergencias
(Case C-258/15) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Equal treatment in employment and occupation - Directive 2000/78/EC - Article 2(2) and Article 4(1) - Discrimination on grounds of age - Recruitment of police officers of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country restricted to candidates under 35 years of age - Concept of ‘genuine and determining occupational requirement’ - Objective pursued - Proportionality))
(2017/C 014/10)
Language of the case: Spanish
Referring court
Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Gorka Salaberria Sorondo
Defendant: Academia Vasca de Policía y Emergencias
Operative part of the judgment
Article 2(2) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, read together with Article 4(1) of that directive, must be interpreted as not precluding legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which provides that candidates for posts as police officers who are to perform all the operational duties incumbent on police officers must be under 35 years of age.