CELEX: 62007CJ0046
Language: en
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 November 2008.#Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Article 141 EC - Social Policy - Equal pay for male and female workers - Concept of ‘pay’ - Officials’ retirement scheme.#Case C-46/07.

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 November 2008 – Commission v Italy
      (Case C‑46/07)
      Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Article 141 EC – Social Policy – Equal pay for male and female workers – Concept of ‘pay’ – Officials’ retirement scheme)
      Social policy – Male and female workers – Equal pay (Art. 141 EC; Social Policy Agreement 1992, Art. 6(3)) (see paras 35-59)
      Re: 
      
         
               Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Infringement of Article 141 EC – Infringement of the principle of equal
                  pay for male and female workers – National legislation providing for a retirement age for public officials which varies according
                  to sex.
               
            Operative part
      The Court: 
      
         
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                  	Declares that by maintaining provisions under which the age at which officials have the right to receive the old-age pension
                     varies according to whether they are men or women, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article
                     141 EC;
                  
               
            
         
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                  	Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.