CELEX: 62007CJ0559
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Social policy
Article 141 EC
Equal pay for male and female workers
National civil and military pension regime
Different treatment with regard to retirement age and minimum required service
Justification
None

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 141 EC – Infringement of the principle of equal
pay for male and female workers – National civil and military retirement pensions regime prescribing a retirement age that
can vary according to sex.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by maintaining in force provisions which provide for differences between male and female workers with regard
to retirement age and minimum required service under the Greek Civil and Military Pensions Code instituted by Presidential
Decree No 166/2000 of 3 July 2000, in the version applicable to the present case, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil
its obligations under Article 141 EC;
2.
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.