Court of Justice 15 February 2007, C-411/05 (Félix Palacios de la Villa v Cortefiel Servicios SA.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. By the two questions which it referred for a preliminary ruling by order of 14 November 2005, (2) the Juzgado de lo Social No 33, Madrid, essentially wishes to ascertain whether the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of age as laid down, in particular, in Article 2(1) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of