Court of Justice 23 February 1999, C-249/97 (Gabriele Gruber v Silhouette International Schmied GmbH & Co. KG.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 By the questions referred to the Court for preliminary ruling, the Landesgericht (Regional Court) Linz, Austria, essentially seeks to ascertain whether the principle that men and women should receive equal pay, which is laid down in Article 119 of the EC Treaty, must be interpreted as precluding the application of a national rule