Judgment_paragraph 33 · Johanna Maria Delahaye, née Delahaye v Ministre de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme administrative (C-425/02)

33The same must apply where, as in the case at issue in the main proceedings, application of the national rules governing the position of State employees entails a reduction in the remuneration of the employees concerned by the transfer. Such a reduction must, if it is substantial, be regarded as a substantial change in working conditions to the detriment of the employees in question, within the meaning of Article 4(2) of the directive.