Order — ECLI:EU:C:2014:268
Date: 2014-04-10
Language of the case: Portuguese
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Subject matter: Social Policy
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Portugal

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte (Portugal) lodged on 12 November 2012 - Joaquim Fernando Macedo Maia and Others v Fundo de Garantia Salarial, IP (Case C-511/12) Language of the case: Portuguese Referring court Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte Parties to the main proceedings Applicants: Joaquim Fernando Macedo Maia, António Pereira Teixeira, António Joaquim Moreira David, Joaquim Albino Moreira David Defendant: Fundo de Garantia Salarial, IP Question referred Is European Union law, in the specific context of a guarantee covering wage claims in the event of the employer's insolvency, in particular Articles 4 and 10 of Directive 80/987/EEC,  to be interpreted as precluding a provision of national law which guarantees only claims falling due in the six months preceding the initiation of insolvency proceedings against the employer, even where the employees have brought an action against their employer before the Tribunal do Trabalho (Labour Court) with a view to obtaining a judicial determination of the amount outstanding and an enforcement order to recover those sums? ____________ 1 - Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (OJ 1980 L 283, p. 23).