Court of Justice 27 January 2005, C-478/03 (Celtec Ltd v John Astley and Others.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. The House of Lords has referred to the Court a question about the application of Council Directive 77/187/EEC of 14 February 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses (2) to the