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Wolff & Müller GmbH & Co. KG v José Filipe Pereira Félix (C-60/03)
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35

Wolff & Müller GmbH & Co. KG v José Filipe Pereira Félix (C-60/03)

Judgment of 12 Oct 2004law://eu/cjeu/2003/c-60-03/para_35@2026-11-10

35Overriding reasons relating to the public interest which have been recognised by the Court include the protection of workers (Portugaia Construções, paragraph 20 and case-law cited).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-60/03 · ECLI:EU:C:2004:610
Decided: 12 Oct 2004
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany)
Applicant: Wolff & Müller GmbH & Co. KG
Defendant: José Filipe Pereira Félix
Rapporteur: Timmermans
Advocate General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer
Bench: 4 judges
C. Gulmann, R. Schintgen, F. Macken, N. Colneric
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62003CJ0060

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Freedom of establishment Freedom to provide services

History · 1 version

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services
Cited by 10: Edgard Jan De Clercq and Others (C-315/13)2 provisions; Helga Petersen and Peter Petersen v Finanzamt Ludwigshafen (C-544/11)2 provisions; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA v Administración General del Estado (C-157/10)2 provisions; Dirk Rüffert v Land Niedersachsen (C-346/06); Laval un Partneri Ltd v Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundets avdelning 1, Byggettan and Svenska Elektrikerförbundet (C-341/05)2 provisions; Heirs of M. E. A. van Hilten-van der Heijden v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Particulieren/Ondernemingen buitenland te Heerlen (C-513/03)2 provisions; BUPA Hospitals Ltd and Goldsborough Developments Ltd v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (C-419/02)2 provisions; De Groot en Slot Allium BV and Bejo Zaden BV v Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie and Ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation, de la Pêche et des Affaires rurales (C-147/04)2 provisions; Caisse nationale des prestations familiales v Ursula Schwarz, née Weide (C-153/03)2 provisions; Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (C-341/02)2 provisions
Cites 7: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services; Herbert Karner Industrie-Auktionen GmbH v Troostwijk GmbH (C-71/02); Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali v Consorzio Produttori Pompelmo Italiano Soc. Coop. arl. (COPPI) (C-271/01); Canal Satélite Digital SL v Adminstración General del Estado, and Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA (DTS) (C-390/99); Portugaia Construções Ldª (C-164/99); The Queen, on the application of Delena Wells v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (C-201/02)