Case C-462/06: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 May 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation, France) — Glaxosmithkline, Laboratoires Glaxosmithkline v Jean-Pierre Rouard (Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Section 5 of Chapter II — Jurisdiction over individual contracts of employment — Section 2 of Chapter II — Special jurisdiction — Article 6, point 1 — More than one defendant)
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil law, dismissal, interest in bringing an action, interpretation of the law, jurisdiction, severance pay

5.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 171/7

Re:

Re:

for

Reference
a preliminary ruling — Oberlandesgericht
Dresden — Interpretation of Article 20(1) of Directive
2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of
26 June 2003 concerning common rules for
the internal
market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC (OJ 2003
L 176, p. 37) — National legislation which excludes networks
wholly situated on the premises of an undertaking (Betriebs-
netze) from the principle of free access of third persons to elec-
tricity transport and distribution networks

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Cour de Cassation (France)
— Interpretation of Articles 6(1), 18(1) and 19 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdic-
tion and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil
and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1) — Rules on juris-
diction over individual contracts of employment — Situation of
a dismissed worker who had worked, in non-Member States, for
two companies in a group with their seats in two different
Member States

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

Article 20(1) of Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the
internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC must
be interpreted as precluding a provision such as the first point of Para-
graph 110(1) of the Law on electricity and gas supply, referred to as
‘the Law on energy management’ (Gesetz über die Elektrizitäts- und
Gasversorgung (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz)) of 7 July 2005, which
exempts certain operators of energy supply systems from the obligation
to provide third parties with open access to those systems on the
grounds that they are located on a geographically connected operation
zone and that they predominantly serve to supply the energy needs of
the undertaking itself and of connected undertakings.

(1) OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.

The rule of special jurisdiction provided for in Article 6, point 1, of
Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on
jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil
and commercial matters cannot be applied to a dispute falling under
Section 5 of Chapter II of that regulation concerning the jurisdiction
rules applicable to individual contracts of employment.

(1) OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 May 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy
w Koszalinie, Republic of Poland) — Halina Nerkowska v
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych Oddział w Koszalinie

(Case C-499/06) (1)

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 May 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de
Laboratoires
cassation,

France) — Glaxosmithkline,

Glaxosmithkline v Jean-Pierre Rouard

(Disability pension granted to civilian victims of war or
repression — Condition requiring residence in national terri-
tory — Article 18(1) EC)

(Case C-462/06) (1)

(Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Section 5 of Chapter II —
Jurisdiction over
contracts of employment —
Section 2 of Chapter II — Special jurisdiction — Article 6,
point 1 — More than one defendant)

individual

(2008/C 171/11)

(2008/C 171/12)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Okręgowy w Koszalinie

Language of the case: French

Parties to the main proceedings

Referring court

Cour de cassation

Applicant: Halina Nerkowska

Defendant: Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych Oddział w Kosza-
linie

Re:

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Glaxosmithkline, Laboratoires Glaxosmithkline

Defendant: Jean-Pierre Rouard

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Sąd Okręgowy w Kosza-
linie — Interpretation of Article 18 EC — Compatibility of a
national provision under which payment of a benefit granted to
victims of war and of its consequences is subject to a require-
ment of residence in national territory