Francisca Sánchez Hidalgo and Others v Asociación de Servicios Aser and Sociedad Cooperativa Minerva, and Horst Ziemann v Ziemann Sicherheit GmbH and Horst Bohn Sicherheitsdienst (C-173/96, C-247/96)

Judgment of 10 Dec 1998

law://eu/cjeu/1996/c-173-96/para_21@2026-11-13

21The aim of Directive 77/187 is to ensure continuity of employment relationships within an economic entity, irrespective of any change of ownership. The decisive criterion for establishing the existence of a transfer within the meaning of the directive is, therefore, whether the entity in question retains its identity, as indicated inter alia by the fact that its operation is actually continued or resumed (Case 24/85 Spijkers [1986] ECR 1119, paragraphs 11 and 12, and, most recently, Süzen, cited above, paragraph 10).

Francisca Sánchez Hidalgo and Others v Asociación de Servicios Aser and Sociedad Cooperativa Minerva, and Horst Ziemann v Ziemann Sicherheit GmbH and Horst Bohn Sicherheitsdienst (C-173/96, C-247/96)

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