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Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/3

(Case C-149/16)

(2016/C 222/03)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Halina Socha, Dorota Olejnik, Anna Skomra

Defendant: Szpital Specjalistyczny im. A. Falkiewicza we Wrocławiu

Question referred

Must Articles 1(1) and 2 of Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies (1) in conjunction with the principle of the effectiveness of [EU] law, be interpreted as meaning that an employer who on account of a difficult financial situation issues notices of amendment of pay and working conditions (notice of amendment) in relation to employment contracts only governing conditions of remuneration is required to apply the procedure arising from that directive, and also to consult on those notices with company trade union organisations, even though national law — Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Law laying down special rules on terminating employment relationships with employees for reasons unrelated to the employees (Ustawa o szczególnych zasadach rozwiązywania z pracownikami stosunków pracy z przyczyn niedotyczących pracowników) of 13 March 2003 (Dziennik Ustaw of 2003, No 90, item 844, as amended) — contains no rules on notices of amendment of employment contract conditions?

(1) OJ 1998 L 225, p. 16.

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Language of the case: Polish