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Document 62019CB0140
Joined Cases C-140/19, C-141/19 and C-492/19 to C-494/19: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — EX EX (C-140/19 and C-141/19), OK (C-492/19), PL (C-493/19), QM (C-494/19) v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Freedom to provide services — Posting of workers — Article 56 TFEU — Directive 2014/67/EU — Articles 9 and 20 — Reporting of workers — Retention of records of wages — Penalties — Proportionality — Fines of a predefined minimum amount — Cumulative — No upper limit — Court fees — Manifest inadmissibility)
Joined Cases C-140/19, C-141/19 and C-492/19 to C-494/19: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — EX EX (C-140/19 and C-141/19), OK (C-492/19), PL (C-493/19), QM (C-494/19) v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Freedom to provide services — Posting of workers — Article 56 TFEU — Directive 2014/67/EU — Articles 9 and 20 — Reporting of workers — Retention of records of wages — Penalties — Proportionality — Fines of a predefined minimum amount — Cumulative — No upper limit — Court fees — Manifest inadmissibility)
Joined Cases C-140/19, C-141/19 and C-492/19 to C-494/19: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — EX EX (C-140/19 and C-141/19), OK (C-492/19), PL (C-493/19), QM (C-494/19) v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Freedom to provide services — Posting of workers — Article 56 TFEU — Directive 2014/67/EU — Articles 9 and 20 — Reporting of workers — Retention of records of wages — Penalties — Proportionality — Fines of a predefined minimum amount — Cumulative — No upper limit — Court fees — Manifest inadmissibility)
IO C 68, 2.3.2020, p. 25–25
(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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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 68/25 |
Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — EX EX (C-140/19 and C-141/19), OK (C-492/19), PL (C-493/19), QM (C-494/19) v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
(Joined Cases C-140/19, C-141/19 and C-492/19 to C-494/19) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Freedom to provide services - Posting of workers - Article 56 TFEU - Directive 2014/67/EU - Articles 9 and 20 - Reporting of workers - Retention of records of wages - Penalties - Proportionality - Fines of a predefined minimum amount - Cumulative - No upper limit - Court fees - Manifest inadmissibility)
(2020/C 68/26)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: EX EX (C-140/19 and C-141/19), OK (C-492/19), PL (C-493/19), QM (C-494/19)
Defendant: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
Intervener: Finanzpolizei
Operative part of the order
Article 20 of Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which lays down, in the event of non-compliance with labour law obligations relating to the reporting of workers and the retention of records of wages, the imposition of high fines:
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which may not be lower than a predefined amount; |
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which are imposed cumulatively in respect of each worker concerned and without an upper limit, and |
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to which is added a contribution to court costs of 20 % of the amount of the fines if the appeal against the decision imposing those fines is dismissed. |