Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) lodged on 1 June 2010 — David Montoya Medina v Fondo de Garantía Salarial and Universidad de Alicante

(Case C-273/10)

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2010/C 221/41

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: David Montoya Medina

Defendants: Fondo de Garantía Salarial and Universidad de Alicante

Question referred

Are rules of the kind set out in Decree 174/2002 of 15 October of the Valencian Government on the regulation and remuneration of teaching and research staff employed in Valencian public universities and on additional remuneration of university teaching staff contrary to the principle of non-discrimination laid down in Clause 4 of the framework agreement annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC (1) of 28 June 1999, in so far as they do not recognise the right of post-doctoral assistant lecturers on fixed-term contracts (profesores ayudantes doctores) to receive a length-of-service supplement in the form of three-yearly increments when that same supplement is granted to post-doctoral lecturers on contracts of indefinite duration (profesores contratados doctores)?

(1)  Concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP

OJ L 175, p. 43