Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 October 2024.#ED v Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito and Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Lecce.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 1999/70/EC – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clause 4 – Public sector – Teachers – Employment of fixed-term workers as career civil servants through recruitment based on qualifications – Determination of the period of service deemed accrued – Account taken only in part of periods of service completed under fixed-term contracts – Subsequent reinstatement of the period of service not taken into account – No effect on the assessment of the existence of discrimination.#Case C-322/23.