CELEX: 62012CN0309
Language: en
Date: 2012-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-309/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte (Portugal) lodged on 27 June 2012 — Maria Albertina Gomes Viana Novo and Others v Fundo de Garantia Salarial, IP

22.9.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 287/19
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte (Portugal) lodged on 27 June 2012 — Maria Albertina Gomes Viana Novo and Others v Fundo de Garantia Salarial, IP
   (Case C-309/12)
   2012/C 287/35
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellants: Maria Albertina Gomes Viana Novo, Ezequiel Martins Dias, Gabriel Inácio da Silva Fontes, Marcelino Jorge dos Santos Simões, Manuel Dourado Eusébio, Alberto Martins Mineiro, Armindo Gomes de Faria, José Fontes Cambas, Alberto Martins do Alto, José Manuel Silva Correia, Marilde Marisa Moreira Marques Moita, José Rodrigues Salgado Almeida, Carlos Manuel Sousa Oliveira, Manuel da Costa Moreira, Paulo da Costa Moreira, José Manuel Serra da Fonseca, Ademar Daniel Lourenço Dias, Ana Mafalda Azevedo Martins Ferreira
   
      Respondent: Fundo de Garantia Salarial, IP
   
      Question referred
   
   Is European Union law in the specific context of guarantees covering wage claims in the event of the employer’s insolvency, in particular Articles 4 and 10 of Directive 80/987/EEC, (1) to be interpreted as precluding provisions of national law which guarantee only claims falling due in the six months preceding the initiation of insolvency proceedings against the employer, even where the employees have brought an action against their employer before the Tribunal do Trabalho (Labour Court) with a view to obtaining a judicial determination of the amount outstanding and an enforcement order to recover those sums?
   
      (1)  Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (OJ 1980 L 283, p. 23).