«(Council Directive 80/987/EEC – National legislation fixing the final date for the guarantee period as that of the decision to open the procedure for the collective settlement of claims where the employment relationship still exists at that date – Article 141 EC – Indirect discrimination against female employees on child raising leave – Liability of a Member State in the event of infringement of Community law)»
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber)15 May 2003 (1)
((Council Directive 80/987/EEC – National legislation fixing the final date for the guarantee period as that of the decision to open the procedure for the collective settlement of claims where the employment relationship still exists at that date – Article 141 EC – Indirect discrimination against female employees on child raising leave – Liability of a Member State in the event of infringement of Community law))
and
THE COURT (Fifth Chamber),,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Mrs Mau, represented by K. Schurig, Rechtsanwalt, of the German Government, represented by W.-D. Plessing, and the Commission, represented by J. Sack, at the hearing on 2 May 2002,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 2 July 2002,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Fifth Chamber),
Wathelet
Timmermans
Edward
Jann
von Bahr
R. Grass
M. Wathelet
Registrar
President of the Fifth Chamber