KAVGA AND OTHERS v. GREECE

 Published on 30 October 2023

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 41897/18
Sofia KAVGA and Others
against Greece
lodged on 27 August 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 373/2018, which was finalised on 27 February 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.

Sofia KAVGA

1958

Greek

Piraeus

2.

Anna PAPADEA

1956

Greek

Kalamata

3.

Aikaterini XOUPA

1947

Greek

Livadi Thessalonikis

4.

Aikaterini MARINAKI

1952

Greek

Chania

5.

Konstantinia MANAKA

1957

Greek

Aigeiros Rodopis

6.

Eleni PANAGOPOULOU

1951

Greek

Patra

7.

Aikaterini PALPANI

1965

Greek

Eleftheroupoli Kavalas

8.

Chariklia XENOPOULOU

1957

Greek

Thessaloniki

9.

Giannoula NIKOU

1967

Greek

Patra

10.

Konstantina MOLLA

1960

Greek

Kavala

11.

Kyriaki BAIRAMISLI-BORMBOTSI

1963

Greek

Chrysoupoli Kavalas

12.

Vasiliki KAFETZI

1948

Greek

Ag. Anargyroi

13.

Anastasia MASSELOU

1956

Greek

Souda Chanion

14.

Konstantinia MANTHOU

1958

Greek

Peristeri

15.

Eleni KOUROU

1958

Greek

Athens

16.

Nafsika KOLOBATSOU

1965

Greek

Acharnai

17.

Pavlos PALLAS

1949

Greek

Livadi Thessaloniki

18.

Konstantina MATSOUNI

1963

Greek

Karyotika Korinthias

19.

Sofia PANAGIOTOPOULOU-KARAMANOU

1955

Greek

Perama

20.

Anthoula PALLA

1956

Greek

Livadi Thessaloniki

21.

Plousia MAVRIKOU-STOGIANTSAKI

1968

Greek

Xylagani Rodopis

22.

Chrysi MAVREDAKI-KATSOULAKI

1950

Greek

Chania

23.

Sofia LAMBOU

1956

Greek

Mesologgi

24.

Lambrini BOUNI

1951

Greek

Kavala

25.

Panagiota MALLI

1967

Greek

Nea Fokea Chalkidikis

26.

Sofia LIAKOU

1959

Greek

Aspropyrgos

27.

Irini KOTSIFAKI-SVOURAKI

1952

Greek

Mournies Chanion

28.

Styliani NIKIFORAKI-TZAGARAKI

1972

Greek

Mournies Chanion

29.

Maria LEPTOKARIDOU

1963

Greek

Thessaloniki

30.

Maria KOTAKIDOU-SIGINOU

1963

Greek

Pefka Thessalonikis

31.

Evdokia KOMBINOGLOU

1944

Greek

Kilkis

32.

Parthena XENITOPOULOU

1955

Greek

Aigaleo

33.

Ioulia (Julianna) MIMIN (MUMUN)

1962

Hungarian

Thessaloniki

34.

Niki MAKRIDOU

1949

Greek

Elefsina

35.

Magdalini KOLETSI-KONTOPOULOU

1966

Greek

Chania

36.

Irini KELVASILIDOU

1953

Greek

Peristeri

37.

Despina PAPADOPOULOU

1948

Greek

Thessaloniki

38.

Evagelia BITZARAKI-PRASANAKI

1961

Greek

Athens

39.

Eleni MICHELIOUDAKI-PANTINAKI

1955

Greek

Mournies Chanion

40.

Theodora MITSOPOULOU

1953

Greek

Acharnai

41.

Natalia MENTESIDI

1959

Greek

Perivolaki Lagkada

42.

Nikolitsa LAGOU

1944

Greek

Floka Achaias

43.

Elisavet MOUZAKIDOU-MOURATIDOU

1959

Greek

Thessaloniki

44.

Eleni MATAFTSI

1966

Greek

Pefkochori Chalkidikis

45.

Aikaterini MANOUSELI-FOUNTOULAKI

1955

Greek

Chania

46.

Anna KONTOGIANNIDOU

1960

Greek

Kavala

47.

Maria MARGIOLA

1958

Greek

Nestani Arkadias

48.

Sofia MANTELOU

1969

Greek

Chaidari

49.

Vasiliki MALAMIDOU

1955

Greek

Thessaloniki

50.

Theodora PALASKA

1953

Greek

Ioannina

51.

Dimitra DANTI

1954

Greek

Lechaina Ilias

52.

Eleni MAVROMMATI-KYVEZIDOU

1951

Greek

Thessaloniki

53.

Sofia KOUMAKI

1950

Greek

Iraklio

54.

Alexandra MITROLIOU

1951

Greek

Ag. Ioannis Rentis

 

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