Joined Cases C-162/08 to C-164/08: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 November 2009 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Monomeles Protodikio Rethimnis — Greece) — Georgios K. Lagoudakis v Kentro Aniktis Prostasias Ilikiomenon Dimou Rethimnis (C-162/08), Dimitros G. Ladakis, Andreas M. Birtas, Konstantinos G. Kiriakopoulos, Emmanouil V. Klamponis, Sofoklis E. Mastorakis v Dimos Geropotamou (C-163/08) and Mikhail Zakharioudakis v Dimos Lampis (C-164/08) (First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Social policy — Directive 1999/70/EC — Clauses 5 and 8 of the framework agreement on fixed-term work — Fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector — First or single use of a contract — Successive contracts — Equivalent legal measure — Reduction in the general level of protection afforded to workers — Measures intended to prevent abuse — Penalties — Absolute prohibition on conversion of fixed-term employment contracts into contracts of indefinite duration in the public sector — Consequences of the incorrect transposition of a directive — Interpretation in conformity with Community law)