ECJ 22 December 2010, cases C-444/09 and C-459/09 (Gavieiro), Fixed-term work
Interim civil servants fall within the scope of Directive 1999/70, which covers length-of-service increments. The lack of a reference to the Directive in domestic law does not preclude that law from constituting a measure of transposition. Clause 4 of the Directive is unconditional and sufficiently precise for individuals to rely on it in the period from the transposition deadline, with retroactive effect.
European Court of Justice (ECJ), 2010-12-22