Judgment;Summary — ECLI:EU:C:2019:723
Date: 2019-09-12
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Right of establishment;Freedom to provide services
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Austria

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 1 February 2018 — Zoran Maksimovic (Case C-64/18) Language of the case: German Referring court Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark Parties to the main proceedings Appellant: Zoran Maksimovic Respondent authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Murtal Interested party: Finanzpolizei Questions referred Must Article 56 TFEU, Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services 1 and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC 2 be interpreted as precluding a national provision which, for infringements of formal obligations in connection with the cross-border deployment of labour, such as the failure by the hiring-out entity to make documents relating to pay available to the third-party employer, provides for very high fines, in particular high minimum penalties, which are imposed cumulatively in respect of each worker concerned? If Question 1 itself is answered in the negative: Must Article 56 TFEU, Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC be interpreted as precluding the imposition of cumulative fines in the case of infringements of formal requirements in connection with the cross-border deployment of labour which have no absolute upper limits? ____________ 1 OJ 1997 L 18, p. 1. 2 OJ 2014 L 159, p. 11.