Court of Justice 3 October 2002, C-201/01 (Maria Walcher v Bundesamt für Soziales und Behindertenwesen Steiermark.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In the context of implementing Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (2) (hereinafter " the directive" ), the Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court) (Austria) has submitted to the