Judgment_paragraph 22 · Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV v Tetsuji Shimizu (C-684/16)

22In that regard, it should be recalled that upon termination of the employment relationship, the actual taking of paid annual leave to which a worker is entitled is no longer possible. In order to prevent this impossibility from leading to a situation in which the worker loses all enjoyment of that right, even in pecuniary form, Article 7(2) of Directive 2003/88 provides that the worker is entitled to an allowance in lieu for the days of annual leave not taken (see, to that effect, judgment of 12 June 2014, Bollacke, C‑118/13, EU:C:2014:1755, paragraph 17 and the case-law cited).