52As the Court has repeatedly held, Directive 2001/23, Article 3 thereof included, is intended to safeguard the rights of employees in the event of a change of employer by making it possible for them to continue to work for the new employer on the same terms as those agreed with the transferor. The purpose of that directive is to ensure, as far as possible, that the contract of employment continues unchanged with the transferee, in order to prevent the employees concerned from being placed in a less favourable position solely as a result of the transfer (see, to that effect, order of 15 September 2010, Briot, C‑386/09, EU:C:2010:526, paragraph 26 and the case-law cited).
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