Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2023:384
Date: 2023-05-04
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Social Policy;Free movement of workers;Fundamental rights;Charter of Fundamental Rights
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Germany

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeitsgericht Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany) lodged on 17 March 2022 – TF v Sparkasse Südpfalz (Case C-206/22) Language of the case: German Referring court Arbeitsgericht Ludwigshafen am Rhein Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: TF Defendant: Sparkasse Südpfalz Question referred Must Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC 1 and the right to an annual period of paid leave set out in Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union be interpreted as precluding national legislation or practice on the granting of annual leave to workers under which the obligation to grant an entitlement to leave is fulfilled even if the worker is affected by an unforeseeable event during an authorised period of leave, such as, in the present case, government-ordered quarantine, and is therefore prevented from exercising that entitlement in full? ____________ 1 Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ 2003 L 299, p. 9).