CELEX: 62017CN0312
Language: en
Date: 2017-05-29 00:00:00
Title: Case C-312/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Hamm (Germany) lodged on 29 May 2017 — Surjit Singh Bedi v Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Republic of Germany acting on behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18.9.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 309/22
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Hamm (Germany) lodged on 29 May 2017 — Surjit Singh Bedi v Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Republic of Germany acting on behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   (Case C-312/17)
   (2017/C 309/28)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Landesarbeitsgericht Hamm
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Surjit Singh Bedi
   
      Defendants: Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Republic of Germany acting on behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   
      Question referred
   
   Is Article 2(2) of Directive 2000/78/EC (1) establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation to be interpreted as precluding a provision in a collective agreement under which the receipt of interim assistance — granted, on the basis of the basic remuneration laid down in the collective agreement, with the aim of ensuring a reasonable means of subsistence for workers who have lost their jobs until they are able to secure financial protection through entitlement to a pension under the statutory pension scheme — ends once the worker concerned is entitled to receive an early retirement pension, and the application of which is based on the possibility of receiving an early retirement pension on grounds of disability?
   
      (1)  Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16).