Judgment_paragraph 72 · Raffaella Mascolo and Others v Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca and Comune di Napoli (C-22/13, C-61/13, C-62/13, C-63/13, C-418/13)

72The purpose of clause 5(1) of the Framework Agreement is to implement one of the objectives of that agreement, namely to place limits on successive recourse to fixed-term employment contracts or relationships, regarded as a potential source of abuse to the detriment of workers, by laying down as a minimum a number of protective provisions designed to prevent the status of employees from being insecure (see, inter alia, judgments in Adeneler and Others, C‑212/04, EU:C:2006:443, paragraph 63; Kücük, C‑586/10, EU:C:2012:39, paragraph 25; and Fiamingo and Others, EU:C:2014:2044, paragraph 54).