CELEX: 62009CN0246
Language: en
Date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Case C-246/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 6 July 2009 — Susanne Bulicke v Deutsche Büro Service GmbH

10.10.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 244/2
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 6 July 2009 — Susanne Bulicke v Deutsche Büro Service GmbH
   (Case C-246/09)
   2009/C 244/02
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Landesarbeitsgericht Hamburg
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Susanne Bulicke
   
      Defendant: Deutsche Büro Service GmbH
   
      Question referred
   
   Does national legislation under which a time-limit of two months from receipt of a rejection of a job application — or by way of interpretation: from knowledge of the discrimination — applies (in the absence of provisions in a collective agreement) to the bringing in writing of a claim for damages and/or compensation based on discrimination in recruitment infringe primary law of the European Community (safeguarding effective legal protection) and/or the Community law prohibition of age discrimination, Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000, (1) if three-year limitation periods apply to equivalent claims under national law, and/or the ‘prohibition of regression’ (reduction of protection) under Article 8 of Directive 2000/78/EC, if a previous national provision provided for a longer limitation period for discrimination on grounds of sex?
   
      (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.