30.1.2010
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 24/29
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany), lodged on 18 November 2009 — Reinhard Prigge, Michael Fromm and Volker Lambach v Deutsche Lufthansa AG
(Case C-447/09)
2010/C 24/55
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Bundesarbeitsgericht
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellants: Reinhard Prigge, Michael Fromm and Volker Lambach
Respondent: Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Question referred
Must Article 2(5), Article 4(1) and/or Article 6(1), first sentence, of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (1) and/or the general Community-law principle which prohibits discrimination on grounds of age be interpreted as precluding rules of national law which recognise an age-limit of 60 for pilots established by collective agreement for the purposes of ensuring air safety?
(1) OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16.
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