Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 26 November 2008 — Criminal proceedings against Vítor Manuel dos Santos Palhota, Mário de Moura Gonçalves, Fernando Luís das Neves Palhota, Termiso Lda

(Case C-515/08)

(2009/C 44/49)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen

Parties to the main proceedings

Criminal proceedings against Vítor Manuel dos Santos Palhota, Mário de Moura Gonçalves, Fernando Luís das Neves Palhota, Termiso Lda

Question referred

Do the provisions of Article 8 of the Law of 5 March 2002 and Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Royal Decree of 29 March 2002 (implementation decree) infringe Article 49 and Article 50 of the EC Treaty, in that they impose on foreign employers who wish to post workers the prior obligation of sending a declaration of posting to the Social Laws Inspection Service (Dienst Toezicht op de Sociale Wetten) and also of keeping documents which are comparable with the Belgian individual accounts or pay slips, as a result of which access to the Belgian services market is prevented or at least hampered?