RTE, Irish national TV/Radio station reporting:
France's top administrative court has told easyJet and Ryanair to apply French labour laws for staff operating out of the country, dismissing a bid by the airlines to bypass local working norms.
The two carriers had appealed against a decree introduced last year that obliged foreign airlines to apply French labour laws for crews of aircraft based here.
Ryanair said the decree contravened European laws on the free movement of labour and services.
But France's Conseil d'Etat threw out the complaint and ordered both airlines to pay €2,500 in judicial costs, the court said in a statement today.
Ryanair said it would take further legal action and said it has requested that the EC launch an official infringement procedure against France over what it said was an unlawful decree
http://www.rte.ie/business/2007/0713/ryanair.html