(Case C‑333/09)

Reference for a preliminary ruling – European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – Principle of equal treatment – Redundancy for economic reasons – No link with Community law – The Court of Justice’s manifest lack of jurisdiction

Preliminary rulings – Jurisdiction of the Court – Limits – Question referred in the course of a dispute relating to the application of a national provision not within the scope of Community law – Excluded (Art. 234 EC) (see paras 10-13)

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Conseil de Prud’hommes (Labour Tribunal) of Caen (France) – Interpretation of Article 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms – Interpretation of Article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – Redundancy for economic reasons – Redundancy for personnel reasons – National provisions presumed to be contrary to the abovementioned standards – Breach of the principle of equal treatment.

Operative part

The Court of Justice of the European Communities clearly has no jurisdiction to answer the questions put by the Conseil de Prud’hommes of Caen by decision of 11 June 2009.