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European Law: Treaties, Charters and Directives
Directory on Treaties of European Union
http://europa.eu.int/abc/treaties/index_en.htm
(Completed and consolidated texts of Treaty of Nice, Treaty of
Amsterdam, Treaty of the European Union, Single European Act (SEA),
Merger Treaty, Treaty of Rome, Treaty establishing the European Coal
and Steel Community…)
The full text of the EC Treaty is published at
http://europa.eu.int/abc/obj/treaties/en/entoc05.htm
while at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/gender_equality/legislation/ectreaty_en.html
the articles regarding the ‘Equal Treatment’ in the EC Treaty are
evidenced in bold.
The Treaty of Amsterdam
http://europa.eu.int/abc/obj/amst/en/
For many years the focus of EU action in the field of
non-discrimination was on preventing discrimination on the grounds of
nationality and sex (NB: The European Commission refers to sex
discrimination as ‘gender’ discrimination). In 1997, however, the
Member States approved unanimously the Treaty of Amsterdam. Article
13 of this new Treaty granted the Community new powers to combat
discrimination on the grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin,
religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Since the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force in 1999, new EC laws,
or Directives, that have been enacted in the area of
anti-discrimination are the Racial Equality Directive, 2000/43/EC,
and the Employment Equality Directive, 2000/78/EC. Council Directive
2000/43/EC implements the principle of equal treatment between
persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, and Council
Directive 2000/78/EC establishes a general framework for equal
treatment in employment and occupation.
1. Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000
implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons
irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0043:EN:HTML
2. Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000
establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment
and occupation
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0078:EN:HTML
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
http://www.europarl.eu.int/charter/default_en.htm
This website contains the complete text of the European Union Charter
of Fundamental Rights, as signed and proclaimed by the Presidents of
the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission at the
European Council meeting in Nice on 7 December 2000.
Further policy documents and reports on anti-discrimination measures
at European level can be found in the ‘Publications section’ of the
Gateway to European Union at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/public/pubs_en.htm
An introduction to the “Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October
1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by Law,
Regulation or Administrative Action in Member States concerning the
pursuit of television broadcasting activities Directive and Amending
Acts” is published on the Gateway to the European Union at
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l24101.htm,
the full text at
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31989L0552:EN:HTML |
