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Maria Walcher v Bundesamt für Soziales und Behindertenwesen Steiermark (C-201/01)
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Consideration of the questions referred
39

Maria Walcher v Bundesamt für Soziales und Behindertenwesen Steiermark (C-201/01)

Judgment of 11 Sept 2003law://eu/cjeu/2001/c-201-01/para_39@2026-11-10

39The abuses referred to in Article 10(a) of Directive 80/987 are abusive practices that adversely affect the guarantee institutions by artificially giving rise to a claim for salary, thereby illegally triggering a payment obligation on the part of those institutions.

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

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Court: Court of Justice
Case: C-201/01 · ECLI:EU:C:2003:450
Decided: 11 Sept 2003
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Maria Walcher
Defendant: Bundesamt für Soziales und Behindertenwesen Steiermark
Rapporteur: N. Colneric
Advocate General: J. Mischo
Bench: 4 judges
C. Gulmann, F. Macken, N. Colneric, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62001CJ0201

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11 Sept 2003Reading

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Interprets 1: Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
Cited by 6: HJ v Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí (C-101/21)2 provisions; Elliniko Dimosio v Stefanos Stroumpoulis and Others (C-292/14); Maria Albertina Gomes Viana Novo and Others v Fundo de Garantia Salarial IP (C-309/12); Lotta Andersson v Staten genom Kronofogdemyndigheten i Jönköping, Tillsynsmyndigheten (C-30/10)2 provisions; Raffaello Visciano v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) (C-69/08); Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) v Alberto Barsotti and Others, Milena Castellani v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) and Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) v Anna Maria Venturi (C-19/01, C-50/01, C-84/01)2 provisions
Cites 6: Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer; Teodoro Wagner Miret v Fondo de Garantía Salarial (C-334/92); Alexandros Kefalas and Others v Elliniko Dimosio (Greek State) and Organismos Oikonomikis Anasygkrotisis Epicheiriseon AE (OAE) (C-367/96); Federica Maso and others and Graziano Gazzetta and others v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) and Repubblica italiana (C-373/95); Riksskatteverket v Soghra Gharehveran (C-441/99); A.G.R. Regeling v Bestuur van de Bedrijfsvereniging voor de Metaalnijverheid (C-125/97)