25.6.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/10


Order of the Court of 18 March 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana (Spain)) — David Montoya Medina v Fondo de Garantia Salarial and Universidad de Alicante

(Case C-273/10) (1)

(Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Social policy - Directive 1999/70/EC - Clause 4 of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work - Fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector - Entitlement to triennial seniority bonuses - Principle of non-discrimination)

2011/C 186/16

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana (Spain)

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: David Montoya Medina

Defendants: Fondo de Garantia Salarial and Universidad de Alicante

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana — Interpretation of Clause 4(4) of the Annex to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP (OJ 1999 L 175, p. 43) — Contracts of employment as a university lecturer and researcher concluded with State universities — Exclusion of certain benefits from fixed-term contracts

Operative part of the order

Clause 4(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work, concluded on 18 March 1999, which is annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which, without any objective justification, restricts the right to receive a seniority bonus to university lecturers on permanent contracts, excluding lecturers on fixed-term contracts where, as regards receipt of that bonus, those two categories of workers are in comparable situations.


(1)  OJ C 221, 14.8.2010.