The decision to send a preliminary reference to the ECJ belongs to the national judge, if there is a doubt on the interpretation of a rule contained in an European Union act. The article argues on the need for a uniform interpretation by the ECJ on the provisions on daily rest of the Directive 2003/88/EU.The paper analyses the factual and legal situation in the context of preliminary reference principles on the necessity to send prelimi...

The objective of Dzodzi doctrine is to forestall future divergent interpretations of a provision of Union law in cases where the national law has adopted the same solution for the purely internal as for the cross-border situations. The first of the objections raised by Advocate General Cruz Villalón is that in cases where Dzodzi doctrine applies, Kleinwort Benson doctrine must simultaneously be applicable.