Case C-160/14: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Varas Cíveis de Lisboa — Portugal) — João Filipe Ferreira da Silva e Brito and Others v Estado português (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses — Meaning of ‘transfer of a business’ — Obligation to make a request for a preliminary ruling under the third paragraph of Article 267 TFEU — Alleged infringement of EU law attributable to a court of a Member State against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law — Rule of national law which makes the right to reparation for the loss or damage sustained as a result of such an infringement conditional on the prior setting aside of the decision that caused that loss or damage)