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Document 62019CN0227
Case C-227/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 14 March 2019 — DX
Case C-227/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 14 March 2019 — DX
Case C-227/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 14 March 2019 — DX
OJ C 213, 24.6.2019, p. 7–8
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
24.6.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 213/7 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 14 March 2019 — DX
(Case C-227/19)
(2019/C 213/07)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: DX
Respondent authority: Bürgermeister der Stadt Graz
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 or a failure to report to the Central Coordination Office (ZKO notifications), 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 and Directive 2014/67/EU 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? |
(2) Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (OJ 2014 L 159, p. 11).