62023CO0278_SUM
Case C‑278/23 [Biltena] (
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M. M.
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Ministero della Difesa
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione)
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 8 January 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Directive 1999/70/EC – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clause 5 – Fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector – Successive contracts – Prohibition on converting fixed-term contracts to open-ended contracts – Teaching non-military subjects in military schools)
Social policy – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Directive 1999/70 – Scope – Civilian staff responsible for teaching non-military subjects in military schools – Included
(Council Directive 1999/70, Annex, Clauses 2, point 1, and 3, point 1)
(see paragraphs 36-38)
Social policy – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Directive 1999/70 – Measures to prevent abuse of successive fixed-term employment contracts – Exclusion of civilian staff responsible for teaching non-military subjects in military schools – No other effective measures preventing and sanctioning the misuse of successive fixed-term employment contracts for such staff – Not permissible – Objective reasons liable to justify the renewal of such contracts – Reasons relating to the organisational requirements of military schools – Not included
(Council Directive 1999/70, Annex, Clause 5)
(see paragraphs 41-44, 47, 51, 54-65, operative part)
See the text of the decision.
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)	The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any of the parties to the proceedings.