Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia (Sala Segunda), de 27 de enero de 2005, en el asunto C-188/03 (petición de decisión prejudicial planteada por el Arbeitsgericht Berlin): Irmtraud Junk contra Wolfgang Kühnel («Directiva 98/59/CE — Despidos colectivos — Consulta a los representantes de los trabajadores — Notificación a la autoridad pública competente — Concepto de “despido” — Momento del despido»)

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Published date: 08 April 2005
• Celex Number: C2005/082/06

2.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 82/3

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 27 January 2005

in Case C-188/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeitsgericht Berlin): Irmtraud Junk v Wolfgang Kühnel (1)

(Directive 98/59/EC - Collective redundancies - Consultation with workers' representatives - Notification to the competent public authority - Concept of ‘redundancy’ - Time at which redundancy takes effect)

(2005/C 82/06)

Language of the case: German

In Case C-188/03, reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the Arbeitsgericht (Labour Court) Berlin (Germany), made by decision of 30 April 2003, received at the Court on 7 May 2003, in the proceedings pending before that court between Irmtraud Junk and Wolfgang Kühnel – the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta, C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), P. Kūris and G. Arestis, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 27 January 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Articles 2 to 4 of Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies must be construed as meaning that the event constituting redundancy consists in the declaration by an employer of his intention to terminate the contract of employment.

2. An employer is entitled to carry out collective redundancies after the conclusion of the consultation procedure provided for in Article 2 of Directive 98/59 and after notification of the projected collective redundancies as provided for in Articles 3 and 4 of that directive.

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(1) OJ C 213 of 06.09.2003.

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