The European Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber) in the case C-670/15, 26 July 2017, Jan Salplachta (Request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesarbeitsgericht – Federal Labour Court, Germany -, made by decision of 5 November 2015, received at the Court on 15 December 2015), ruled that:
- Articles 3, 8 and 12 of Council Directive 2003/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to legal aid for such disputes, read together, must be interpreted as meaning that legal aid granted by the Member State of the court hearing the particular case, in which a natural person domiciled or resident in another Member State has submitted a legal aid application in the context of a cross-border dispute, also covers the costs paid by that person for the translation of the supporting documents necessary for the processing of that application.
