Press Release: Commission acts to close gaps in race equality rules

The Commission has sent formal requests to 14 Member States to fully implement EU rules banning discrimination on the grounds of race or ethnic origin (2000/43/EC). The countries concerned – Spain, Sweden, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia – have two months to respond, failing which the Commission can take them to the European Court of Justice. The Race Equality Directive was agreed in 2000 with a deadline for implementation into national law by 2003.

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European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/07/257 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/257&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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