49Under the first subparagraph of Article 3(1) of the Directive, the transferor's rights and obligations arising from a contract of employment or from an employment relationship existing on the date of a transfer within the meaning of Article 1(1) are, by reason of such transfer, transferred to the transferee. The Directive is thus intended to safeguard the rights of workers in the event of a change of employer by making it possible for them to continue to work for the new employer on the same conditions as those agreed with the transferor (Joined Cases 144/87 and 145/87 Berg and Buschers [1988] ECR 2559, paragraph 12, and Case C-362/89 D'Urso and Others v EMG [1991] ECR I-4105, paragraph 9).
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