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[2021] WLR(D) 399
Court of Justice of the European Union
IX v WABE eV
MH Müller Handels GmbH v MJ
(Joined Cases C‑804/18 and C‑341/19)
EU:C:2021:594
2020 Nov 24; 2021 Feb 25; July 15
President K Lenaerts,
Vice-President R Silva de Lapuerta,
Presidents of Chambers A Prechal, M Vilaras, E Regan, L Bay Larsen, N Piçarra, A Kumin,
Judges T von Danwitz, C Toader, M Safjan, F Biltgen (Rapporteur), PG Xuereb, LS Rossi, I Jarukaitis
Advocate General A Rantos
Vice-President R Silva de Lapuerta,
Presidents of Chambers A Prechal, M Vilaras, E Regan, L Bay Larsen, N Piçarra, A Kumin,
Judges T von Danwitz, C Toader, M Safjan, F Biltgen (Rapporteur), PG Xuereb, LS Rossi, I Jarukaitis
Advocate General A Rantos
Discrimination— Religion or belief— Equal treatment— Employer imposing prohibition on wearing of visible signs of political, philosophical or religious belief in workplace— Female Muslim employees banned from wearing Islamic headscarf at work— Whether employer’s policy of political, philosophical and religious neutrality establishing difference of treatment between workers based on criterion linked to religion or belief— Whether employer’s policy objectively justified by legitimate aim and means of achieving aim were appropriate and necessary— Whether policy of neutrality could constitute legitimate aim if meeting genuine need on part of undertaking— Whether national provisions protecting freedom of thought, belief and religion could be taken into account—
Council Directive 2000/78/EC , arts 1, 2(2), 8(1)