Asunto C-294/04: Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia (Sala Segunda) de 16 de febrero de 2006 (petición de decisión prejudicial planteada por el Juzgado de lo Social de Madrid) — Carmen Sarkatzis Herrero/Instituto Madrileño de la Salud (Imsalud) (Directiva 76/207/CEE — Igualdad de trato entre hombres y mujeres — Permiso de maternidad — Acceso a la función pública — Trabajadora interina que durante su permiso de maternidad accede a un puesto de trabajo fijo tras superar un concurso-oposición — Cómputo de la antigüedad)

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Published date: 09 June 2006
• Celex Number: C2006/131/28

3.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 131/16

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Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social de Madrid) — Carmen Sarkatzis Herrero v Instituto Madrileño de la Salud (Imsalud)

(Case C-294/04) (1)

(Directive 76/207/EEC - Equal treatment for men and women - Maternity leave - Access to the career of official - Temporary servant on maternity leave who gains a permanent post after taking part in a competition - Calculation of seniority)

(2006/C 131/28)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Social de Madrid (Spain)

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Carmen Sarkatzis Herrero

Defendant: Instituto Madrileño de la Salud (Imsalud)

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Juzgado de lo Social de Madrid — Community rules on maternity leave and equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment — Rights of women during maternity leave — Acquisition of the position of official and of the rights corresponding to that position — Temporary employee on maternity leave when she obtained her permanent post

Operative part of the judgment

Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions, precludes a national law which does not afford a woman who is on maternity leave the same rights as other successful applicants from the same recruitment competition as regards conditions for access to the career of an official by deferring the start of her career to the end of that leave, without taking account of the duration of the leave, for...