Press Release: Race equality rules: cases closed for Finland and Estonia; reasoned opinions to Germany and Netherlands

On 29 October 2009 the European Commission sent reasoned opinions to Germany and the Netherlands to correctly implement EU rules prohibiting discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic origin (Directive 2000/43/EC). It also decided to close the infringement proceedings on the same Directive against Finland and Estonia after they successfully brought national legislation into line with EU requirements.

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