Case C-50/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 29 January 2018 — Mijo Mestrovic
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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 29 January 2018 — Mijo Mestrovic
(Case C-50/18)2018/C 259/21Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: Mijo Mestrovic
Respondent authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Murtal
Interested party: Finanzpolizei
Questions referred
1.
Must Article 56 TFEU and 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 the failure to keep available documents relating to pay, provides for very high fines, in particular high minimum penalties, which are imposed cumulatively in respect of each worker concerned?
2.
If Question 1 itself is not answered in the affirmative:
Must Article 56 TFEU and 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 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 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?
( 1 ) OJ 1997 L 18, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ 2014 L 159, p. 11.
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