Court of Justice 10 June 1999, C-158/97 (Georg Badeck and Others, interveners: Hessische Ministerpräsident and Landesanwalt beim Staatsgerichtshof des Landes Hessen.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. By the reference for a preliminary ruling from the Staatsgerichtshof des Landes Hessen (State Constitutional Court, Hesse) the Court is asked for the third time to interpret Article 2(1) and (4) of Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards