GERMANY ECJ
March 1st, 2002
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening Germany with legal action at the European Court of Justice because it claims labour protection laws designed to soften the effect of liberalising the country's ground-handling services breaks EU legislation. Directive 96/67 orders the gradual introduction of free access to the groundhandling services market at EU airports by December 2003. However, German regulations insist that companies tendering for ground-handling contracts in German airports take on a number of existing staff and pay higher fees if they do ...
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