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Document 62018CN0645
Case C-645/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 15 October 2018 — NE
Case C-645/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 15 October 2018 — NE
Case C-645/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 15 October 2018 — NE
OJ C 122, 1.4.2019, p. 2–2
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
1.4.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 122/2 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 15 October 2018 — NE
(Case C-645/18)
(2019/C 122/02)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: NE
Respondent authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
Interested party: Finanzpolizei
Questions referred
1. |
Must Article 56 TFEU, Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (1) and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC (2) be interpreted as precluding a national provision which, for infringements of formal obligations in connection with the cross-border deployment of labour, such as a failure to make available documents relating to pay and social security documentation or a failure to report to the Central Coordination Office, provides for very high fines, in particular high minimum penalties, which are imposed cumulatively in respect of each worker concerned? |
2. |
If the answer to Question 1 is in the negative: Must Article 56 TFEU, Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC be interpreted as precluding the imposition of cumulative fines for infringements of formal obligations in connection with the cross-border deployment of labour which have no absolute upper limits? |