Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2011:465
Date: 2011-07-07
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Social Policy
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Germany

Summary of the Judgment Social policy – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Right to paid annual leave (European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/88, Art. 7(1)) Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/88 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time must be interpreted as not precluding national provisions or practices, such as collective agreements, which limit, by a carry-over period of 15 months on the expiry of which the right to paid annual leave lapses, the accumulation of entitlement to such leave of a worker who is unfit for work for several consecutive reference periods. (see para. 44, operative part)