CELEX: C2000/102/05
Language: en
Date: 2000-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 February 2000 in Case C-207/98 (reference for a preliminary ruling from Landesarbeitsgericht Mecklenburg-Vorpommern): Silke-Karin Mahlburg v land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Equal treatment for men and women — Access to employment — Refusal to employ a pregnant woman)

C 102/4                 EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                           8.4.2000
Graf and Filzmoser Maschinenbau GmbH — on the interpret-                    President of the Sixth Chamber, G. Hirsch and H. Ragnemalm,
ation of Article 48 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment,                 Judges, Advocate General; A. Saggio, Registrar; H. von Hol-
Article 39 EC) — the Court, composed of G.C. Rodrı́guez                     stein, Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment on 3 February
Iglesias, President, J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, L. Sevón,                   2000, in which it has ruled:
R. Schintgen (Rapporteur), Presidents of Chambers, P.J.G. Kap-
teyn, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann,                     Article 2(1) and (3) of Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February
H. Ragnemalm and M. Wathelet, Judges, Advocate General:                     1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for
N. Fennelly; D. Louterman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator,                  men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 27 January 2000,                 and promotion, and working conditions precludes a refusal to appoint
in which it has ruled:                                                      a pregnant woman to a post for an indefinite period on the ground
                                                                            that a statutory prohibition on employment attaching to the condition
Article 48 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 39 EC)           of pregnancy prevents her from being employed in that post from the
does not preclude national provisions which deny a worker entitlement       outset and for the duration of the pregnancy.
to compensation on termination of employment if he terminates his
contract of employment himself in order to take up employment in
another Member State, when those provisions grant him entitlement           (1) OJ C 234 of 25.7.1998.
to such compensation if the contract ends without the termination
being at his own initiative or attributable to him.
(1) OJ C 234 of 25.7.1998.
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                      (Sixth Chamber)
                                                                                                     of 3 February 2000
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                            in Case C-293/98 (reference for a preliminary ruling
                         (Sixth Chamber)                                    from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia e Instrucción
                                                                            de Oviedo): Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los
                        of 3 February 2000                                  Productores Audiovisuales (Egeda) v Hostelerı́a Asturiana
                                                                                                        SA (Hoasa) (1)
in Case C-207/98 (reference for a preliminary ruling
from Landesarbeitsgericht Mecklenburg-Vorpommern):                          (Copyright — Satellite broadcasting and cable retrans-
Silke-Karin Mahlburg v land Mecklenburg-Vorpom-                                                            mission)
                               mern (1)
                                                                                                       (2000/C 102/06)
(Equal treatment for men and women — Access to employ-
        ment — Refusal to employ a pregnant woman)
                                                                                                (Language of the case: Spanish)
                          (2000/C 102/05)
                                                                            (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                                in the European Court Reports)
                   (Language of the case: German)
                                                                            In Case C-293/98: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
                                                                            the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) by the Juzgado de Primera
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published      Instancia e Instrucción de Oviedo, Spain, for a preliminary
                   in the European Court Reports)                           ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
                                                                            Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisu-
In Case C-207/98, reference to the Court under Article 177 of               ales (Egeda) and Hosteleria Asturiana SA (Hoasa) — on the
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) by the Landesarbeitsgericht              interpretation of Article 1 of Council Directive 93/83/EEC of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany) for a preliminary ruling                   27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules
in the proceedings pending before that court between Silke-Ka-              concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable
rin Mahlburg and land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern — on the                       to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission (OJ 1993
interpretation of Article 2(1) of Council Directive 76/207/EEC              L 248, p. 15) the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of:
of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of                P.J.G. Kapteyn (Rapporteur), acting for the President of the
equal treatment for men and women as regards access to                      Sixth Chamber, G. Hirsch and H. Ragnemalm, Judges; A. La
employment, vocational training and promotion, and working                  Pergola, Advocate General ; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,
conditions (OJ 1976 L 39, p. 40) — the Court (Sixth Chamber),               has given a judgment on 3 February 2000, in which it has
composed of: P.J.G. Kapteyn (Rapporteur), acting for the                    ruled: