CELEX: 62017CA0378
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-378/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 December 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court — Ireland) — Minister for Justice and Equality, Commissioner of An Garda Síochána v Workplace Relations Commission (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment in employment — Directive 2000/78/EC — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — Recruitment of police officers — National body established by law in order to ensure enforcement of EU law in a particular area — Power to disapply national legislation that conflicts with EU law — Primacy of EU law)

4.2.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/3
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 December 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court — Ireland) — Minister for Justice and Equality, Commissioner of An Garda Síochána v Workplace Relations Commission
      (Case C-378/17) (1)
      
      ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Equal treatment in employment - Directive 2000/78/EC - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age - Recruitment of police officers - National body established by law in order to ensure enforcement of EU law in a particular area - Power to disapply national legislation that conflicts with EU law - Primacy of EU law))
      (2019/C 44/03)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Referring court
      
      Supreme Court
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicants: Minister for Justice and Equality, Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
      
         Respondent: Workplace Relations Commission
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      EU law, in particular the principle of primacy of EU law, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, under which a national body established by law in order to ensure enforcement of EU law in a particular area lacks jurisdiction to decide to disapply a rule of national law that is contrary to EU law.
      
         (1)  OJ C 283, 28.8.2018.