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Carol Marilyn Robins and Others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-278/05)
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Concerning the third question
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72

Carol Marilyn Robins and Others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-278/05)

Judgment of 25 Jan 2007law://eu/cjeu/2005/c-278-05/para_72@2026-11-11

72The discretion enjoyed by the Member State thus constitutes an important criterion in determining whether there has been a sufficiently serious breach of Community law.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-278/05 · ECLI:EU:C:2007:56
Decided: 25 Jan 2007
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division (United Kingdom)
Applicant: Carol Marilyn Robins and Others
Defendant: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Rapporteur: L. Bay Larsen
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 4 judges
J. Klučka, R. Silva de Lapuerta, J. Makarczyk, L. Bay Larsen
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62005CJ0278

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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 10: Günter Fuß v Stadt Halle (C-429/09)2 provisions; Grenville Hampshire v The Board of the Pension Protection Fund (C-17/17)4 provisions; Safa Nicu Sepahan Co. v Council of the European Union (C-45/15 P); SGL Carbon SE and Others v European Commission (C-65/21 P); Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein VVaG v Günther Bauer (C-168/18); Jürgen Webb-Sämann v Christopher Seagon (C-454/15); Thomas Specht and Others v Land Berlin and Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-501/12, C-502/12, C-503/12, C-504/12, C-505/12, C-506/12, C-540/12, C-541/12)2 provisions; Thomas Hogan and Others v Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ireland and Attorney General (C-398/11)3 provisions; Charles Defossez v Christian Wiart and Others (C-477/09)2 provisions; The Queen, on the application of Synthon BV v Licensing Authority of the Department of Health (C-452/06)
Cites 7: Andrea Francovich and Danila Bonifaci and others v Italian Republic (C-6/90, C-9/90); Brasserie du Pêcheur SA v Bundesrepublik Deutschland and The Queen v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte: Factortame Ltd and others (C-46/93, C-48/93); The Queen v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte: Hedley Lomas (Ireland) Ltd (C-5/94); 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; Gerhard Köbler v Republik Österreich (C-224/01); Samuel Sidney Evans v The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and The Motor Insurers' Bureau (C-63/01); Salomone Haim v Kassenzahnärztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein (C-424/97)