Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2006:535
Date: 2006-09-07
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: First Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Social Policy
Concepts: Employment protection and protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Greece

Summary of the Judgment Social policy – Approximation of laws – Collective redundancies – Directive 75/129 (Council Directive 75/129, Art. 1(2)(d)) Directive 75/129 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies must be interpreted as being applicable in the case of collective redundancies that result from the definitive termination of the operation of an undertaking or establishment which has been decided on by the employer of his own accord without a prior judicial decision, and the exception laid down in Article 1(2)(d) of that directive cannot preclude its application. (see para. 45, operative part)