Court of Justice 28 November 2013, C‑501/12 to C‑506/12, C‑540/12 and C‑541/12 (Thomas Specht and Others v Land Berlin and Bundesrepublik Deutschland.)

OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL BOT delivered on 28 November 2013 ( 1 ) Joined Cases C‑501/12 to C‑506/12, C‑540/12 and C‑541/12 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)v Land Berlin and Rena Schmeel (C‑540/12), Ralf Schuster (C‑541/12)v Federal Republic of Germany (Requests for a