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ÖBB Personenverkehr AG v Gotthard Starjakob (C-417/13)
Judgment
Consideration of the questions referred
Question 1(a)
47

ÖBB Personenverkehr AG v Gotthard Starjakob (C-417/13)

Judgment of 28 Jan 2015law://eu/cjeu/2013/c-417-13/para_47@2026-11-10

47The Court has stated that that approach is intended to apply only if there is a valid point of reference (see judgment in Specht and Others, C‑501/12 to C‑506/12, EU:C:2014:2005, paragraph 96). That is so in the case in the main proceedings.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-417/13 · ECLI:EU:C:2015:38
Decided: 28 Jan 2015
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria)
Applicant: ÖBB Personenverkehr AG
Defendant: Gotthard Starjakob
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62013CJ0417

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Interprets 1: Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation
Cited by 11: Dragoș Constantin Târșia v Statul român and Serviciul Public Comunitar Regim Permise de Conducere si Inmatriculare a Autovehiculelor (C-69/14); Petya Milkova v Izpalnitelen direktor na Agentsiata za privatizatsia i sledprivatizatsionen kontrol (C-406/15)2 provisions; Magyar Telekom Nyrt. v Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke (C-514/24); A. A. v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-216/22); Versicherungsanstalt öffentlich Bediensteter, Eisenbahnen und Bergbau (BVAEB) v BB (C-681/21); Safeway Ltd v Andrew Richard Newton and Safeway Pension Trustees Ltd (C-171/18); Martin Leitner v Landespolizeidirektion Tirol (C-396/17); Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund, Gewerkschaft Öffentlicher Dienst v Republik Österreich (C-24/17); Georg Stollwitzer v ÖBB Personenverkehr AG (C-482/16)9 provisions; Evelyn Danqua v Minister for Justice and Equality and Others (C-429/15); Orizzonte Salute - Studio Infermieristico Associato v Azienda Pubblica di Servizi alla persona San Valentino – Città di Levico Terme and Others (C-61/14)
Cites 17: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation; Office national des pensions v Emilienne Jonkman and Hélène Vercheval and Noëlle Permesaen v Office national des pensions (C-231/06, C-232/06, C-233/06); Angelo Alberto Torresi and Pierfrancesco Torresi v Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati di Macerata (C-58/13, C-59/13); Leopold Schmitzer v Bundesministerin für Inneres (C-530/13); Halifax plc, Leeds Permanent Development Services Ltd and County Wide Property Investments Ltd v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (C-255/02); Marie Landtová v Česká správa socialního zabezpečení (C-399/09); Società Italiana Commercio e Servizi srl (SICES) and Others v Agenzia Dogane Ufficio delle Dogane di Venezia (C-155/13); Gerhard Fuchs and Peter Köhler v Land Hessen (C-159/10, C-160/10); Maurizio Fiamingo and Others v Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA (C-362/13); David Hütter v Technische Universität Graz (C-88/08); 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; Friedrich G. Barth v Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung (C-542/08); Siegfried Pohl v ÖBB Infrastruktur AG (C-429/12); Transportes Urbanos y Servicios Generales SAL v Administración del Estado (C-118/08)