Commission of the European Communities v. France

The Commission brought proceedings against France claiming that it failed to adopt all of the measures required by Council Directive 76/207 within prescribed time. The French government argues that removing special rights for women that are in place should be left to the two sides of industry. However, the Court thinks that leaving industry to work out the issue through collective negotiation without any time limit is unacceptable and the French Republic violated the treaty.

Topics

• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• Europe
• France

Keywords

• employment discrimination
• european court of justice

Year

• 1988

External URL

• Commission of the European Communities v. France

Court

• European Court of Justice

Type

• International Case Law

Jurisdiction

• European Court of Justice