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Regina v Secretary of State for Employment, ex parte Nicole Seymour-Smith and Laura Perez (C-167/97)
Judgment
Question 4
45

Regina v Secretary of State for Employment, ex parte Nicole Seymour-Smith and Laura Perez (C-167/97)

Judgment of 9 Feb 1999law://eu/cjeu/1997/c-167-97/para_45@2026-11-11

45It should be noted at the outset that the requirements of Community law must be complied with at all relevant times, whether that is the time when the measure is adopted, when it is implemented or when it is applied to the case in point.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Full Court
Case: C-167/97 · ECLI:EU:C:1999:60
Decided: 9 Feb 1999
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: and
Defendants: ex parte; Nicole Seymour-Smith and Laura Perez
Rapporteur: G. E Mancini
Advocate General: G. Cosmas
Bench: 14 judges
P. J. G. Kapteyn, J.-P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann (Presidents of Chambers), G. E Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, C. Gulmann, J. L. Murray, D. A. O. Edward, H. Ragnemalm, L. Sevón, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen, K. M. Ioannou
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 61997CJ0167

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions
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Cites 14: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); A. Foster and others v British Gas plc (C-188/89); M. H. Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching) (152/84); Douglas Harvey Barber v Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group (C-262/88); Ursula Megner and Hildegard Scheffel v Innungskrankenkasse Vorderpfalz, now Innungskrankenkasse Rheinhessen-Pfalz (C-444/93); Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions; Council Directive 75/117/EEC of 10 February 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women; Ingrid Rinner-Kühn v FWW Spezial-Gebäudereinigung GmbH & Co. KG (171/88); Maria Kowalska v Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (C-33/89); Inge Nolte v Landesversicherungsanstalt Hannover (C-317/93); Eileen Garland v British Rail Engineering Limited (12/81); Stadt Lengerich v Angelika Helmig and Waltraud Schmidt v Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse and Elke Herzog v Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Landverband Hamburg eV and Dagmar Lange v Bundesknappschaft Bochum and Angelika Kussfeld v Firma Detlef Bogdol GmbH and Ursula Ludewig v Kreis Segeberg (C-399/92, C-409/92, C-425/92, C-34/93, C-50/93, C-78/93); Edith Freers and Hannelore Speckmann v Deutsche Bundespost (C-278/93); Dr. Pamela Mary Enderby v Frenchay Health Authority and Secretary of State for Health (C-127/92)