Court of Justice 1 April 2004, C-19/02 (Viktor Hlozek v Roche Austria Gesellschaft mbH.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. This case is essentially concerned with whether different age limits for men and women are permissible in the context of the payment of a bridging allowance granted to employees under a social plan in order to alleviate the effects of the closure of an establishment. 2.