Order — ECLI:EU:C:2012:67
Date: 2012-02-09
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Social Policy
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Spain

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo de Valladolid (Spain) lodged on 3 November 2011 - María Jesús Lorenzo Martínez v Dirección Provincial de Educación Valladolid (Case C-556/11) Language of the case: Spanish Referring court Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo de Valladolid Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: María Jesús Lorenzo Martínez Defendant: Dirección Provincial de Educación Valladolid Question referred Does the fact that an individual is an established (career) civil servant and, as such, belongs to one of the staff groups into which the public teaching service is organised constitute an objective ground sufficient to justify the individual 'continuing-professional-education' component of the special increment (also commonly referred to as the 'sexenio' or six-yearly increment) being paid - once it is demonstrated that they have satisfied the relevant requirements - only to established civil servants forming part of the public teaching service? ____________