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2 B 99/15, 2 B 99/15 (2 C 42/16) ECLI:DE:BVerwG:2016:270916B2B99.15.0 AI generated

Opt-out limits for fire service shift work under EU Working Time Directive

Case Number 2 B 99/15, 2 B 99/15 (2 C 42/16)
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Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
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The Federal Administrative Court granted leave to appeal for reasons of fundamental legal significance, allowing the plaintiff's revision to proceed without deciding the merits. The dispute concerns the compatibility of a member state's "opt-out" regulation permitting voluntary overtime (shift work) in fire service duties exceeding 48 hours per week with EU law. The decisive legal issue is the specific requirements imposed on such national opt-out provisions under Article 22(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC (the Working Time Directive).

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; Opt-out limits for fire service shift work under EU Working Time Directive: The dispute concerns the compatibility of a member state's "opt-out" regulation permitting voluntary overtime (shift work) in fire service duties exceeding 48 hours per week with EU law. The decisive legal issue is the specific requirements imposed on such national opt-out provisions under Article 22(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC (the Working Time Directive).

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working time directive shift work time limit in hours duty to state reasons right to disconnect action by staff

Cited Legislation

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO
Basis for granting leave to appeal for reasons of fundamental legal significance.
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2 B 82/15, 2 B 82/15 (2 C 32/16)
Requirements for member-state opt-out regimes on voluntary overtime in fire service under EU Working Time Directive
2 B 81/15, 2 B 81/15 (2 C 31/16)
Fire service overtime: statutory requirements for EU "opt-out" mechanism exceeding 48-hour weekly limit
2 B 94/15, 2 B 94/15 (2 C 34/16)
Admissibility of national opt-out rules for fire service overtime exceeding 48-hour limit under EU Working Time Directive
2 B 84/15, 2 B 84/15 (2 C 36/16)
Requirements for national opt-out rules on voluntary firefighting overtime exceeding 48 weekly hours under Article 22 of the EU Working Time Directive
2 B 90/15, 2 B 90/15 (2 C 44/16)
Requirements for national opt-out rules permitting fire service overtime exceeding 48-hour weekly limit under EU Working Time Directive

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO

Basis for granting leave to appeal for reasons of fundamental legal significance.

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Revisionszulassung; Anforderungen an eine mitgliedstaatliche "Opt-out"-Regelung für freiwillige Mehrarbeit im Feuerwehrdienst über eine Arbeitszeit von 48 Wochenstunden hinaus

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Die Revision wird wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung der Rechtssache zugelassen (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO). Das Revisionsverfahren erscheint geeignet, zur Klärung der von der Beschwerde aufgeworfenen Frage beizutragen, welche Anforderungen an eine mitgliedstaatliche "Opt-out"-Regelung für freiwillige Mehrarbeit (Schichtarbeit) im Feuerwehrdienst über eine Arbeitszeit von 48 Wochenstunden hinaus nach Maßgabe von Art. 22 Unterabs. 1 der RL 2003/88/EG (EU-Arbeitszeitrichtlinie) zu stellen sind.