62020CO0691_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 October 2021 – O and Others
(Case C‑691/20) (
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(Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU law – Principles – Article 18 TFEU – Equal treatment – Discrimination on grounds of nationality – Prohibition – Article 49 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Joint and several liability of companies which form part of a group for debts resulting from an employment contract entered into by one of those companies – Exclusion by the legislation of the Member State concerned of companies that have their seat in another Member State)
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EU law – Principles – Equal treatment – Discrimination on grounds of nationality – Prohibition – Scope – Conditions
Article 18 TFEU
(see paras 18, 19)
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Freedom of movement for persons – Freedom of establishment – Provisions of the Treaty – Implementation of Article 18 TFEU by Article 49 TFEU – National rules excluding the joint and several liability of a company with a controlling position over another company and established in a different Member State than the latter, for debts resulting from an employment contract concluded by the latter – Whether permissible
(Arts 18 and 49 TFEU)
(see paras 20, 22-25, operative part)
Operative part
The principle of non-discrimination, implemented by Article 49 TFEU, must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation under which a company, established in a Member State other than that in which the company which it controls is established, cannot be held jointly and severally liable for that latter company’s debts resulting from an employment contract.
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)	OJ C 110, 29.3.2021.