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Irmtraud Junk v Wolfgang Kühnel (C-188/03)
Judgment
The second question
50

Irmtraud Junk v Wolfgang Kühnel (C-188/03)

Judgment of 27 Jan 2005law://eu/cjeu/2003/c-188-03/para_50@2026-11-11

50Under the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the directive, collective redundancies, that is to say, termination of the contracts of employment, may take effect only after expiry of the period applicable.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-188/03 · ECLI:EU:C:2005:59
Decided: 27 Jan 2005
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Arbeitsgericht Berlin (Germany)
Applicant: Irmtraud Junk
Defendant: Wolfgang Kühnel
Rapporteur: C. Gulmann
Advocate General: A. Tizzano
Bench: 5 judges
C.W.A. Timmermans, R. Silva de Lapuerta, C. Gulmann, P. Kūris, G. Arestis
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62003CJ0188

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Interprets 1: Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies
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