C. Interaction between paid annual leave and other types of leave
The Court has held that ‘a period of leave guaranteed by Community law cannot affect the right to take another period of leave guaranteed by that law’ (313), including eventually, in the event of the aggregation of several periods of leave, the inevitable carrying forward of annual leave or part thereof to the following year (314). In the case of rights to leave governed by national law, the Court held that the purpose of the leave is to be assessed to derive conclusions on any overlap with paid annual leave.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.