CELEX: 62018CA0254
Language: en
Date: 2019-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-254/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Syndicat des cadres de la sécurité intérieure v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Intérieur, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/88/EC — Organisation of working time — Protection of the safety and health of workers — Maximum weekly working time — Reference period — Rolling or fixed nature — Derogation — Police officers)

17.6.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 206/14
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Syndicat des cadres de la sécurité intérieure v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Intérieur, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics
      (Case C-254/18) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2003/88/EC - Organisation of working time - Protection of the safety and health of workers - Maximum weekly working time - Reference period - Rolling or fixed nature - Derogation - Police officers)
      (2019/C 206/16)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Referring court
      
      Conseil d’État
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Syndicat des cadres de la sécurité intérieure
      
         Defendants: Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Intérieur, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 6(b), Article 16(b) and the first paragraph of Article 19 of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation which lays down, for the purpose of calculating the average weekly working time, reference periods which start and end on fixed calendar dates, provided that that legislation contains mechanisms which make it possible to ensure that the maximum average weekly working time of 48 hours is respected during each six-month period straddling two consecutive fixed reference periods.
      
         (1)  OJ C 211, 18.6.2018.