Judgment_paragraph 49 · Terveys- ja sosiaalialan neuvottelujärjestö (TSN) ry v Hyvinvointialan liitto ry and Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto AKT ry v Satamaoperaattorit ry (C-609/17, C-610/17)

49Thus, Article 15 of Directive 2003/88, pursuant to which that directive ‘shall not affect’ Member States’ ‘right’ to apply provisions of national legislation that are more favourable to the protection of the safety and health of workers, does not grant the Member States an option of legislating by virtue of EU law, but merely recognises the power which they have to provide for such more favourable provisions in national law, outside the framework of the regime established by that directive (see, by analogy, judgment of 10 July 2014, Julián Hernández and Others, C‑198/13, EU:C:2014:2055, paragraph 44).