Court of Justice 24 September 2002, C-125/01 (Peter Pflücke v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (2) (hereinafter " the Directive" ) was adopted pursuant to Article 100 of the EC Treaty (now Article 94 EC).