Published on 30 October 2023
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 49113/18
Maria ATHANASOPOULOU and Others
against Greece
lodged on 7 September 2018
communicated on 10 October 2023
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the tacit refusal of the Court of Cassation to seek a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The applicants, defendants in an appeal on points of law lodged by the Greek State, invited the Court of Cassation by their written submissions to seek a preliminary ruling from the CJEU on the correct interpretation of Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP and its application on their case. The domestic court granted the Greek State’s appeal on points of law by decision 476/2018, which was finalised on 7 March 2018, without mentioning the applicants’ referral request and without giving reasons for its refusal to seek a preliminary ruling.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Did the fact that the Court of Cassation gave no reasons for its refusal of the applicants’ request to seek a preliminary ruling with the CJEU render the proceedings unfair, in violation of Art 6 § 1 of the Convention (see Sanofi Pasteur v. France, no. 25137/16, §§ 67-68, 13 February 2020, and Georgiou v. Greece, no. 57378/18, 14 March 2023)?
APPENDIX
List of applicants:
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Place of residence
1.
Maria ATHANASOPOULOU
1948
Greek
Patra
2.
Vasiliki TSAMI
1952
Greek
Patra
3.
Christina SOTIROPOULOU
1970
Greek
Zarouchleika Patron
4.
Maria DALAPA
1967
Greek
Patra
5.
Akrivo KAOURA-GAZI
1962
Greek
Lefkada
6.
Konstantina STEFANOPOULOU
1949
Greek
Patra
7.
Fotini SPETSERI
1960
Greek
Patra
8.
Nikolitsa KOSTOPOULOU
1956
Greek
Patra
9.
Adamantia DARAMOUSKA-PAVLIDAKI
1951
Greek
Patra
10.
Zoi LEONTI
1967
Greek
Chalkida
11.
Giannitsa ZACHAROPOULOU
1954
Greek
Patra
12.
Argyro ASIMAKOPOULOU
1969
Greek
Rion Patron
13.
Athina ALEXOPOULOU-MIKROULI
1965
Greek
Patra
14.
Eleni CHATZI
1966
Greek
Evia
15.
Zacharoula GIAKOUMI
1974
Greek
Chalkida
16.
Stavroula PIERRATOU
1964
Greek
Aigio
17.
Athanasia PAVLOPOULOU-IOANNOU
1961
Greek
Patra
18.
Panagiota PANAGOPOULOU
1954
Greek
Patra
19.
Maria LAMBOURA
1947
Greek
Aigio
20.
Pinelopi KOURACHANI
1957
Greek
Patra
21.
Dimitra CHATZIGIANNAKIDOU-PETROUTSOU
1959
Greek
Patra
22.
Evgenia XYLOGIANNOPOULOU
1954
Greek
Diakopto
23.
Lambrini KOSTINA-PARASKEVOPOULOU
1948
Greek
Patra
24.
Christina KASOUMI-LEIVADA
1959
Greek
Patra
25.
Pinelopi KARAMBASI
1961
Greek
Akrata
26.
Aikaterini KOTSI
1954
Greek
Chalkida
27.
Konstantina SPYROU
1966
Greek
Aigio
28.
Ioanna MARKOPOULOU
1957
Greek
Patra
29.
Andrianna NIACHOU
1965
Greek
Koukouli Patron
30.
Elli LATANI
1949
Greek
Aigio
31.
Stavroula BOULIOU
1968
Greek
Amarynthos
32.
Vasiliki KOSTOPOULOU
1948
Greek
Aigio
33.
Theodora KOSMOPOULOU
1950
Greek
Patra
34.
Maria KAREFILI-CHARALAMBOPOULOU
1954
Greek
Aigio
35.
Olga KAPOGIANNOPOULOU
1958
Greek
Patra
36.
Georgia DIMITROPOULOU
1958
Greek
Odrya
37.
Anastasia TOUNTA
1952
Greek
Chalkida
38.
Angeliki TSAPALOU
1965
Greek
Agios Vasilios Patron
39.
Aspasia SPYROPOULOU
1958
Greek
Patra
40.
Aikaterini SERROUKA-ALEXOPOULOU
1969
Greek
Paralia Patron
41.
Zoi THANOPOULOU
1962
Greek
Patra
42.
Fotini KYRIAKOPOULOU
1964
Greek
Patra
43.
Argyri KONTINOU
1965
Greek
Aigio
44.
Vasiliki KALAMATIANOU
1964
Greek
Lefkada
45.
Isaia SIDIROPOULOU
1957
Greek
Paralia Patron
46.
Georgia THEODOROPOULOU
1972
Greek
Aigio
47.
Sofia-Agathi KARANIKA
1965
Greek
Karpenisi
48.
Eleni CHRONOPOULOU
1963
Greek
Patra
49.
Maria KOLLIA
1968
Greek
Patra
50.
Efthymia KAPONI
1951
Greek
Patra
51.
Alexandra KAPATSOULIA-KOUTSANTONI
1951
Greek
Patra
52.
Konstantina PAPADOPOULOU
1958
Greek
Patra
53.
Vasiliki PAPADATOU
1954
Greek
Patra
54.
Georgia LAMBROU
1952
Greek
Patra
55.
Vasiliki ANAGNOSTOPOULOU
1962
Greek
Patra
56.
Spyridoula BOUSIA
1962
Greek
Patra
57.
Afroditi ANTONOPOULOU
1962
Greek
Patra
58.
Anna KITSAKI
1962
Greek
Patra
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