Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 28 March 1990

1 Original language: French.

2 Council Directive 75/117/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member Sutes relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women (OJ L 45, 19.2.1975, p. 19).

3 Council Directive 86/378/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in occupational social security schemes (OJ L 225, 12.8.1986, p. 40).

4 In the case of Article 119 of the Treaty, see the judgment of 8 April 1976 in Case 43/75 Defrenne II [1976] ECR 455, paragraph 10.

5 Sec judgments of 25 May 1971 in Case 80/70 De/renne I [1971] ECR 445, of 15 June 1978 in Case 149/77 Defrenne III [1978] ECR 1365, paragraphs 19 and 20, of 13 May 1986 in Case 170/84 Bilka [1986] ECR 1607, of 11 March 1981 in Case 69/80 Worringham and Humphreys [1981] ECR 767, of 18 September 1984 in Case 23/83 Liefiing [1984] ECR 3225 and of 3 December 1987 in Case 192/85 Newstead [1987] ECR 4753.

6 Judgment of 9 February 1982 in Case 12/81 [1982] ECR 359, paragraph 5.

7 Case 170/84, cited above, paragraphs 20, 21 and 22.

8 Case C-262/88 Barber, (judgment of 17 May 1990, [19901 ECR I-1889, at page I-1912), see the Opinion of Mr Advocate General Van Gerven, paragraphs 13 to 16.

9 Article 62(1) of the Collective Agreement.

10 Article 62(2) of the Collective Agreement.

11 Article 7(4) of the Collective Agreement on the protection of employees from redundancy measures, referred to by the City of Hamburg in its written observations, at p. 21.

12 See the observations of the City of Hamburg, at p. 16.

13 Ibid., at p. 15.

14 Ibid., at p. 15.

15 Case 170/84, cited above, in the operative pan of the judgment (emphasis supplied).

16 See judgment of 13 July 1989 in Case 171/88 Rinntr-Kühn [1989] ECR 2743, and also the judgment of 13 December 1989 in Case C-102/88 Ruziul-Wilbrink [19891 ECR 4311.

17 Ibid.

18 Case 170/84, cited above, paragraph 36.

19 Written observations, at p. 18.

20 Case 171/88, cited above, paragraph 13.

21 Case 171/88, cilcd above, paragraph 14.

22 Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security (OJL 6, 10.1.1979, p. 24).

23 Case C-102/88, cited above, paragraph 21.

24 Judgments of 4 December 1986 in Case 71/85 Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging [1986] ECR 3855, paragraph 22, of 24 June 1987 in Case 384/85 Borne Clarie [1987] ECR 2865, paragraph 13; see also the judgments of 24 March 1987 in Case 286/85 Norah McDermott and Ann Colter [1987] ECR 1453, paragraph 17 and of 8 March 1988 in Case 80/87 A. Dit, A. Menkutos-Demirci and H. G. W. Laar-Vreeman [1988] ECR 1601, paragraph 10.

25 Anieles 3(2)(b) and 5(2)(b) of 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 (OJ L 39, 14.2.1976, p. 40); Article 7 of Directive 86/378/EEC, cited above.

26 Judgment of 8 November 1983 in Case 165/82 Commission v United Kingdom [1983] ECR 3431.

27 Case 43/75, cited above, paragraph 1 of the operative part of the judgment.

28 Case 43/75, cited above, paragraph 5 of the operative part of the judgment.

29 Articles 3(2)(c) and 5(2)(c).

30 On this point, see judgment of 25 October 1988 in Case 312/86 Commission v France [1988] ECR 6315, paragraph 14.

31 Case 312/86, cited above, paragraph 22; for a commentary on that judgment, see M. T. Lanquetin and H. Masse-Dessen, Les droit particuliers pour les femmes dans les conventions collectives, Droit social, No 718, p. 551.