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Requirements for an opt-out rule on voluntary overtime in fire service

BVerwG 2 B 97/15, 2 B 97/15 (2 C 37/16)Bverwg / Division 2Sep 27, 2016Granted

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The Federal Administrative Court granted the complaint and admitted revision. It held that the case raises a question of fundamental importance concerning the requirements for a member-state opt-out rule on voluntary overtime in fire service beyond a 48-hour weekly working time limit under Art. 22(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC. The court considered the revision proceedings suitable to clarify that question.

Omnilex headnote

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; admission of revision for fundamental importance. A complaint against non-admission of revision is successful where the case raises a legally unresolved question of general significance whose clarification is suitable in revision proceedings. This is so in particular where the litigation concerns the requirements for a member-state opt-out rule allowing voluntary additional shift work in fire service beyond the 48-hour weekly working time limit under Art. 22(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC.

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BVerwG — 2 B 97/15, 2 B 97/15 (2 C 37/16), Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-09-27

Aktenzeichen: 2 B 97/15, 2 B 97/15 (2 C 37/16)

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerwG:2016:270916B2B97.15.0

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: Art 22 Abs 1 EGRL 88/2003

Vorinstanz: vorgehend Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg, 1. Juli 2015, Az: OVG 6 B 21.15, Urteilvorgehend VG Potsdam, 11. September 2013, Az: 2 K 838/12

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat

Titelzeile

Revisionszulassung; Anforderungen an eine mitgliedstaatliche "Opt-out"-Regelung für freiwillige Mehrarbeit im Feuerwehrdienst über eine Arbeitszeit von 48 Wochenstunden hinaus

Gründe

1 Die Revision wird wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung der Rechtssache zugelassen (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO). Das Revisionsverfahren erscheint geeignet, zur Klärung der von der Beschwerde aufgeworfenen Frage beizutragen, welche Anforderungen an eine mitgliedstaatliche "Opt-out"-Regelung für freiwillige Mehrarbeit (Schichtarbeit) im Feuerwehrdienst über eine Arbeitszeit von 48 Wochenstunden hinaus nach Maßgabe von Art. 22 Unterabs. 1 der RL 2003/88/EG (EU-Arbeitszeitrichtlinie) zu stellen sind.

Keywords

revision admissionfundamental importanceworking timefire serviceovertimeopt-outEU directive

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether revision should be admitted because the case has fundamental importance regarding a member-state opt-out rule for voluntary overtime in fire service above 48 weekly hours under Art. 22(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC.

Extracted holding

Revision was admitted because the legal question is of fundamental importance and the proceedings can clarify the requirements for such an opt-out rule.

Extracted reasoning

The complaint raised a question that is suitable for clarification in revision proceedings: what requirements apply to a member-state opt-out rule for voluntary extra work in fire service beyond a 48-hour weekly working time limit under Art. 22(1) of the EU Working Time Directive.

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