Case C-328/08: Action brought on 17 July 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Finland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, degradation of the environment, environmental liability, national implementing measure, polluter pays principle, pollution control measures, prevention of pollution

C 236/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.9.2008

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal
Superior de Justicia, Madrid (Spain) lodged on 16 July 2008
— Ovidio Rodríguez Mayor, Pilar Pérez Boto, Pedro
Gallego Morzillo, Alfonso Francisco Pérez, Juan Marcelino
Gabaldón Morales, Marta María Maestro Campo and
Bartolomé Valera Huete v the estate in abeyance of Rafael
de las Heras Dávila, Sagrario de las Heras Dávila and Fondo
de Garantía Salarial

(Case C-323/08)

(2008/C 236/19)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants: Ovidio Rodríguez Mayor, Pilar Pérez Boto, Pedro
Gallego Morzillo, Alfonso Francisco Pérez,
Juan Marcelino
Gabaldón Morales, Marta María Maestro Campo and Bartolomé
Valera Huete

Other parties:
the estate in abeyance of Rafael de las Heras
Dávila, Sagrario de las Heras Dávila and Fondo de Garantía
Salarial

Questions referred

1. By restricting the definition of collective redundancies to
dismissals on economic, technical, organisational or produc-
tion grounds and by failing to extend the definition to
related to the individual
dismissals for any reason not
workers concerned, does Article 51 of the Spanish Workers'
Statute fail to fulfil the obligations imposed in Council Direc-
tive 98/59/EC (1) of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of
the laws of the Member States relating to collective redun-
dancies?

the death,

2. Is the legal rule in Article 49(1)(g) of the Workers' Statute,
which establishes for workers who lose their jobs as a result
of
the employer
remuneration,
compensation limited
excluding them from the scope of Article 51 of the Statute
and failing to comply with Articles 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the
Directive, also contrary to Council Directive 98/59/EC?

incapacity of
to one month's

retirement or

3. Does the Spanish legislation on collective redundancies, and
specifically Articles 49(1)(g) and 51 of the Workers' Statute,
infringe Article 30 of the Charter of fundamental rights of

the
the European Union and the Community Charter of
fundamental
the
adopted at
European Council meeting held in Strasbourg on 9 December
1989?

rights of workers

social

(1) OJ 1998 L 225, p. 16.

Action brought on 17 July 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Republic of Finland

(Case C-328/08)

(2008/C 236/20)

Language of the case: Finnish

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: U. Wölker and I. Koskinen, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Finland

Form of order sought

the European Parliament and of

— declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive
2004/35/CE (1) of
the
Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with
regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental
damage and, in any event, by failing to communicate such
measures to the Commission, the Republic of Finland has
failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

— order Republic of Finland to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for
expired on 30 April 2007.

implementation of

the directive

(1) OJ 2004 L 143, p. 56.