  The Court started by observing that paid annual leave of at least four weeks, provided for by the directive on the organisation of working time, is a particularly important principle of Community social law.
La Cour rappelle tout d'abord que le congé annuel payé d’au moins quatre semaines, consacré par la directive concernant l’aménagement du temps de travail, constitue un principe de droit social communautaire particulièrement important.