Court of Justice 19 February 1998, C-52/97, C-53/97 and C-54/97 (Epifanio Viscido (C-52/97), Mauro Scandella and Others (C-53/97) and Massimiliano Terragnolo and Others (C-54/97) v Ente Poste Italiane.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 The issue raised by the Pretura Circondariale di Trento (Magistrate's Court, Trento) is whether a national rule providing for the recruitment of staff by the Italian Post Office under fixed-term contracts, by way of derogation from the general rule of Italian law that employment contracts should be of indeterminate duration,