Court of Justice 19 June 2014, Joined Cases C-501/12 to C-506/12, C-540/12 and C-541/12: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin — Germany) — Thomas Specht (C-501/12), Jens Schombera (C-502/12), Alexander Wieland (C-503/12), Uwe Schönefeld (C-504/12), Antje Wilke (C-505/12), Gerd Schini (C-506/12), Rena Schmeel (C-540/12), Ralf Schuster (C-541/12) v Land Berlin, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 2000/78/EC — Equal treatment ‘in employment and occupation’  — Articles 2, 3(1)(c) and 6(1) — Direct discrimination on grounds of age — Basic pay for civil servants dependent upon age — Transitional system — Perpetuation of the difference in treatment — Justifications — Right to compensation — Liability of the Member State — Principles of equivalence and of effectiveness)

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