Opinion of Advocate General Van Gerven delivered on 8 October 1992

1 Original language: Dutch.

2 OJ 1977 L 61, p. 26.

3 Law No 111 of 21 March 1979 on the legal situation of employees in the event of transfers of undertakings. It was by that law that Denmark implemented the Directive.

4 Judgments in Case 101/87 Bork International v Foreningen af Arbejdsledere i Danmark [1988] ECR 3057, paragraph 13, and in Case C-29/91 Redmond Stichting v Bartol and Others [1992] ECR I-3189, paragraph 11.

5 Judgment in Case 287/86 Ny Mølle Kro [1987] ECR 5465, paragraph 12.

6 Judgments in Case 24/85 Spijkers v Benedik [1986] ECR 1119, paragraph 12, and in Redmond Stichting, paragraph 23.

7 Judgments in Redmond Stichting, paragraph 24, and in Spi/kers v Benedik, paragraph 13; cf. also Bork International v Foreningen af Arhc/dsledere i Danmark, paragraph 15.

8 The Court followed the same reasoning, moreover, in Redmond Stichting, paragraph 29.

9 See my Opinion in that case, in particular at sections 6 to 12.

10 Judgments in Spi/hen v Benedik, paragraph 14, and in Redmond Stichting, paragraph 29.

11 Judgment in Case 186/83 Botzen v Rotterdamsebe Droogdok Maatschappij [1985] ECR 519, paragraph 15.

12 Judgment in Redmond Stichting, paragraph 30.

13 Judgment in Ny Molle Kro, paragraph 25; cf. the judgments in Case 19/83 Wendelboe [1985] ECR 457, paragraph 15, and in Case 105/84 Danmols Inventar [1985] ECR 2639, paragraphs 15 and 26.

14 Cf., as regards Article 3(2), the ludgment in Ny Molle Kro paragraph 26.

15 Judgment in Case 324/86 Foreningen af Arbejdsledere t Danmark v Daddy's Dance Hall [1988] ECR 739, paragraph 16; judgment in Danmols Inventar, paragraph 26.

16 Cf. the judgment in Daddy's Dance Hall, paragraph 17.