«(Equal treatment – Remuneration of university professors – Indirect discrimination – Length-of-service increment – Liability of a Member State for damage caused to individuals by infringements of Community law for which it is responsible – Infringements attributable to a national court)»
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT30 September 2003 (1)
((Equal treatment – Remuneration of university professors – Indirect discrimination – Length-of-service increment – Liability of a Member State for damage caused to individuals by infringements of Community law for which it is responsible – Infringements attributable to a national court))
and
THE COURT,,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Mr Köbler, represented by A. König, the Austrian Government, represented by E. Riedl, acting as Agent, the German Government, represented by A. Dittrich, the French Government, represented by R. Abraham, the Netherlands Government, represented by H.G. Sevenster, the United Kingdom Government, represented by J.E. Collins, and by D. Andersen and M. Hoskins, and the Commission, represented by J. Sack and H. Kreppel, at the hearing on 8 October 2002,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 8 April 2003,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT,
Rodríguez Iglesias
Puissochet
Wathelet
Schintgen
Timmermans
Gulmann
Edward
La Pergola
Jann
Skouris
Macken
Colneric
von Bahr
Cunha Rodrigues
Rosas
R. Grass G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias
Registrar
President