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João Filipe Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others v Estado português (C-160/14)
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The third question
51

João Filipe Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others v Estado português (C-160/14)

Judgment of 9 Sept 2015law://eu/cjeu/2014/c-160-14/para_51@2026-11-12

51A rule of national law, such as the rule in Article 13(2) of the RRCEE, may make it excessively difficult to obtain reparation for the loss or damage caused by the infringement of EU law in question.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-160/14 · ECLI:EU:C:2015:565
Decided: 9 Sept 2015
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Varas Cíveis de Lisboa (Portugal)
Applicant: João Filipe Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others
Defendant: Estado português
Rapporteur: R. Silva de Lapuerta
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, C. Lycourgos
Language: Portuguese
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62014CJ0160

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses
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Cites 23: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Francisco Hernández Vidal SA v Prudencia Gómez Pérez, María Gómez Pérez and Contratas y Limpiezas SL, Friedrich Santner v Hoechst AG, and Mercedes Gómez Montaña v Claro Sol SA and Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles (Renfe) (C-127/96, C-229/96, C-74/97); Günter Fuß v Stadt Halle (C-429/09); Jozef Maria Antonius Spijkers v Gebroeders Benedik Abattoir CV and Alfred Benedik en Zonen BV (24/85); Intermodal Transports BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (C-495/03); Council Directive 77/187/EEC of 14 February 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses; Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses; Ayse Süzen v Zehnacker Gebäudereinigung GmbH Krankenhausservice (C-13/95); Srl CILFIT and Lanificio di Gavardo SpA v Ministry of Health (283/81); Amministrazione dell’Economia e delle Finanze and Agenzia delle entrate v Fallimento Olimpiclub Srl (C-2/08); Gerhard Köbler v Republik Österreich (C-224/01); Consiglio nazionale dei geologi v Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato and Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato v Consiglio nazionale dei geologi (C-136/12); Lorenzo Amatori and Others v Telecom Italia SpA and Telecom Italia Information Technology Srl (C-458/12); 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); Oy Liikenne Ab v Pekka Liskojärvi and Pentti Juntunen (C-172/99); Albert Merckx and Patrick Neuhuys v Ford Motors Company Belgium SA (C-171/94, C-172/94); Francisca Sánchez Hidalgo and Others v Asociación de Servicios Aser and Sociedad Cooperativa Minerva, and Horst Ziemann v Ziemann Sicherheit GmbH and Horst Bohn Sicherheitsdienst (C-173/96, C-247/96); Federación de Servicios Públicos de la UGT (UGT-FSP) v Ayuntamiento de La Línea de la Concepción, María del Rosario Vecino Uribe and Ministerio Fiscal (C-151/09); Dietmar Klarenberg v Ferrotron Technologies GmbH (C-466/07); Carlito Abler and Others v Sodexho MM Catering Gesellschaft mbH (C-340/01); Dr. Sophie Redmond Stichting v Hendrikus Bartol and others (C-29/91); João Filipe Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others v Estado português (C-160/14); Nurten Güney-Görres and Gul Demir v Securicor Aviation (Germany) Ltd and Kötter Aviation Security GmbH & Co. KG (C-232/04, C-233/04)