CELEX: 62017CN0392
Language: en
Date: 2017-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Case C-392/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Oradea (Romania) lodged on 29 June 2017 — Sindicatul Energia Oradea v SC Termoelectrica SA

4.9.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 293/20
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Oradea (Romania) lodged on 29 June 2017 — Sindicatul Energia Oradea v SC Termoelectrica SA
   (Case C-392/17)
   (2017/C 293/24)
   Language of the case: Romanian
   
      Referring court
   
   Curtea de Apel Oradea
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Sindicatul Energia Oradea
   
      Defendant: SC Termoelectrica SA
   
      Question referred
   
   Are the provisions of Order No 50/1990, as interpreted by judgment No 9/2016 given by the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (High Court of Cassation and Justice, Romania) on a matter of public policy — a judgment binding on courts of law, according to which occupations classified in groups I and II are strictly and rigorously limited to those set out in Annex 1 and 2 of that order, and the courts may not extend the provisions of that order to include other similar cases, with the consequence that those former workers cannot receive the pension benefits owed as a result of the hard working conditions in which they have carried out their work — compatible with Articles 114(3), 151 and 153 TFEU, and with the provisions of framework Directive 89/391/EEC (1) and successive specific directives?
   
      (1)  Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ 1989 L 183, p. 1).