What Impact Have the European Court of Justice Decisions Had on Local Public Services?

Author(s):  
Pierre Bauby ◽  
Mihaela M. Similie
Author(s):  
Emma RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ

Laburpena: Lan honen abiapuntua dira zerbitzu publikoaren kudeaketan diharduten enpresa pribatuek haien langileei aplikatzen dieten erregimenean dauden ziurgabetasun juridikoak. Bereziki, artikulu honek, gaur egunean itzulketa egoeran dauden enpresei erreparatzen die. Lan honen metodologia gauzatu da Sektore Publikoaren Kontratuen Legearen ikerketa eta azterketaren gainean, enpleguaren egonkortasunaren alde, zenbait erabaki judizialen aurrean, bai nazionalak, bai Europako Justizia Epaitegiarenak,azken honek, irizpide bateratua jarraitzen ez dutenak. Enpresa-transmisioaren kontzeptua aztertu da, 2001/23/EK Arauaren arabera. Haren zailtasunak handitzen dira Administrazioaren digitalizazioaren aurrean. Ondorio nagusia da legegintzako esku-hartze bat beharrezkotzat jotzen dela. Resumen: Este trabajo parte de las importantes incertidumbres jurídicas respecto el régimen aplicable a los trabajadores contratados por las empresas privadas concesionarias de la gestión de los servicios públicos, que actualmente se encuentren incursos en un proceso de reversión. La metodología de este trabajo se ha articulado sobre el estudio normativo y el análisis de la Ley de Contratos del Sector Público ( LCP) que apuesta por la estabilidad en el empleo, frente a ciertos pronunciamientos judiciales, tanto nacionales como del Tribunal de Justicia Europeo (TJUE), que no siguen un criterio uniforme. Se ha analizado el concepto jurídico de transmisión de empresa, según la Directiva 2001/23/CE, cuyas dificultades se acrecientan ante la digitalización de la Administración. La principal conclusión es que se hace necesaria una intervención legislativa en este ámbito para restaurar la seguridad jurídica. Abstract: This work is based on important legal uncertainties regarding the regime applicable to workers hired by private companies that are concessionaires for the management of public services, which are currently undergoing a process of reversal. The methodology of this work has been articulated on the normative study and the analysis of the Law on Public Sector Contracts. This law is committed to job stability compared to certain judicial pronouncements, both national and of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which do not follow a uniform criterion. The legal concept of business transfer has been analyzed, according to Directive 2001/23/EC, whose difficulties are increased by the digitalization of the Administration. The main conclusion is that legislative intervention in this area is necessary to restore legal certainty.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-2019) ◽  
pp. 419-433
Author(s):  
Stefanie Vedder

National high courts in the European Union (EU) are constantly challenged: the European Court of Justice (ECJ) claims the authority to declare national standing interpretations invalid should it find them incompatible with its views on EU law. This principle noticeably impairs the formerly undisputed sovereignty of national high courts. In addition, preliminary references empower lower courts to question interpretations established by their national ‘superiors’. Assuming that courts want to protect their own interests, the article presumes that national high courts develop strategies to elude the breach of their standing interpretations. Building on principal-agent theory, the article proposes that national high courts can use the level of (im-) precision in the wording of the ECJ’s judgements to continue applying their own interpretations. The article develops theoretical strategies for national high courts in their struggle for authority.


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