Press Release: Austria failed to implement EU race anti-discrimination law

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on 4 May 2005 that Germany had breached EU law by failing to transpose fully a European Directive prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of race or ethnic origin (Directive 2000/43/EC). The deadline for EU Member States to transpose this Directive was 19 July 2003 - except for the 10 new Member States, who had to ensure that their legislation complied with the Directives by their accession to the EU on 1 May 2004. Legislation to implement the Directive had been adopted at federal level, but certain aspects fall under the competence of the Länder, and they had not yet all adopted the necessary legislation.

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ECJ: Judgement, Case C-335/04, 4 May 2005 http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/gettext.pl?lang=de&num=79949495C19040335&doc=T&ouvert=T&seance=ARRET

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