Ved dom af 28. marts 1995 har Frankrigs Cour de Cassation forelagt et præjudicielt spørgsmål vedrørende fortolkningen af Rådets direktiv 76/207/EØF af 9. februar 1976 (herefter »direktivet«).
'Articles 2(3) and 5(1) of Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions preclude national rules which deprive a woman of the right to an assessment of her performance and, consequently, to the possibility of qualifyingf or promotion because she was absent from the undertaking on account of maternity leave.'