CELEX: 62018CA0544
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-19 00:00:00
Title: Case C-544/18: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 September 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal — United Kingdom) — The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Henrika Dakneviciute (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Self-employment — National of a Member State who ceases to be self-employed because of the physical constraints in the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth — Retention of self-employed status)

25.11.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 399/16
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 September 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal — United Kingdom) — The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Henrika Dakneviciute
      (Case C-544/18) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 49 TFEU - Freedom of establishment - Self-employment - National of a Member State who ceases to be self-employed because of the physical constraints in the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth - Retention of self-employed status)
      (2019/C 399/18)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Referring court
      
      Upper Tribunal
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
      
         Defendant: Henrika Dakneviciute
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 49 TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that a woman who ceases self-employed activity in circumstances where there are physical constraints in the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth retains the status of being self-employed, provided that she returns to the same or another self-employed activity or employment within a reasonable period after the birth of her child.
      
         (1)  OJ C 436, 3.12.2018.