Court of Justice (Second Chamber) 19 June 2014, C‑501/12 to C‑506/12, C‑540/12 and C‑541/12 (Thomas Specht and Others v Land Berlin and Bundesrepublik Deutschland.)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Second Chamber) 19 June 2014 ( *1 ) ‛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