CELEX: 62008CA0229
Language: en
Date: 2010-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Case C-229/08: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 January 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main (Germany)) — Colin Wolf v Stadt Frankfurt am Main (Directive 2008/78/EC — Article 4(1) — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — National provision setting a maximum age of 30 years for the recruitment of officials to posts in the fire service — Aim pursued — Genuine and determining occupational requirement)

13.3.2010   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 63/6
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 January 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main (Germany)) — Colin Wolf v Stadt Frankfurt am Main
   (Case C-229/08) (1)
   
   (Directive 2008/78/EC - Article 4(1) - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age - National provision setting a maximum age of 30 years for the recruitment of officials to posts in the fire service - Aim pursued - Genuine and determining occupational requirement)
   2010/C 63/08
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Colin Wolf
   
      Defendant: Stadt Frankfurt am Main
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main (Germany) — Interpretation of Articles 6(1) and 17 of 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) — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — Differences of treatment on grounds of age which are ‘objectively and reasonably justified’ and the ‘need for a reasonable period of employment before retirement’ — National provision laying down a maximum recruitment age of 30 for officers in the fire service
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 4(1) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which sets the maximum age for recruitment to intermediate career posts in the fire service at 30 years.
   
      (1)  OJ C 223, 30.8.2008.