Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2001:81
Date: 2001-02-08
Language of the case: English
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Social Policy
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: United Kingdom

Summary of the Judgment 
Social policy — Protection of workers'health and safety — Directive 93/104 concerning 
certain aspects of the organisation of working time — National rules making entitlement 
to paid annual leave subject to completion of a minimum period of employment with the 
same employer — Not permissible 
(Council Directive 93/104, Art. 7(1» 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-173/99 
Article 7(1) of Directive 93/104 concerning 
certain aspects of the organisation of work­
ing time does not allow a Member State to 
adopt national rules under which a worker 
does not begin to accrue rights to paid 
annual leave until he has completed a 
minimum period of 13 weeks' uninter­
rupted employment with the same 
employer. 
(see para. 64 and operative part) 
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