Brussels, 13/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - Member states may not set a maximum age for the recruitment of local police officers, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in a judgment (case C-416/13) delivered on Thursday 13 November.
A law in force in the principality of Asturias (Spain) sets the maximum age for recruitment of local police officers at 30. Following the reasoning of the Advocate General in his opinion (see EUROPE 11128), the Court ruled that the directive on equality of treatment...