Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2019:153
Date: 2019-02-28
Language of the case: French
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Social Policy;Free movement of workers
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: France

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 12 April 2018 — Syndicat des cadres de la sécurité intérieure v Premier ministre, Ministre d’État, Ministre de l’Intérieur, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes public (Case C-254/18) Language of the case: French Referring court Conseil d’État Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: Syndicat des cadres de la sécurité intérieure Defendants: Premier ministre, Ministre d’État, Ministre de l’Intérieur, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes public Questions referred Must Articles 6 and 16 of Directive 2003/88/EC of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time 1 be interpreted as imposing a reference period determined on a rolling basis or as allowing Member States to choose whether to employ a rolling or fixed reference period? If those provisions are to be interpreted as requiring a rolling reference period, may the possibility afforded by Article 17 to derogate from Article 16(b) relate not only to the duration of the reference period but also to the requirement for a rolling period? ____________ 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).