Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions

Positive actions for female entrepreneurship - Financial incentives to businesses run by women or predominantly owned by women

(Direct or indirect) discrimination on grounds of sex - Prohibition of any discrimination between men and women with regard to access to employment and, in particular, to public office

Protection of female workers – Dismissal for marriage - Prohibition to subject the female employee, within the specified limits, other than individual licensing, to collective licensing procedures for downsizing or temporary layoff

Father’s possibility of taking compulsory maternity leave in place of his working wife - Violation of the substantive equality in marriage and their equal participation in the care and assistance of the child and the protection of the child's interest in the development of his or her personality

Working mothers - Termination during pregnancy and childbirth – Obstacle to the achievement of truly equal rights for working women

Interpretation of Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions – Pregnant worker

Interpretation of Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions

Equal treatment for men and women – Limits to economic freedom – Workers' right to equal pay for equal work or work of equal value

Female workers – Old-age pension – Right to work up to the age limits set for men

Protection of working mothers - Mothers employed in dangerous, strenuous and unhealthy work - Impossibility of assignment to other tasks in the postnatal period

Equal treatment for male and female workers - Difference in treatment on grounds of sex – Night work performance by women

Article 8 (right to private life) - A mentally handicapped girl was raped but had no legal capacity to appeal against the prosecution’s decision not to press charges

Protection of working mothers - Determination of daily maternity allowances - Infringement of the principle of equality

No legal bond between an unmarried mother and her child resulted from the mere fact of birth - To create the bond, the mother had either to recognise maternity in specific proceedings or to adopt the child - Violation of Article 8 and 14

Protection of working mothers – Company crèches - Employers who have established breastfeeding rooms or company crèches

Equality of citizens before the law - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sex - Family, legal and moral equality of spouses

Equality of citizens before the law - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sex - Adultery criminal offence - Family, legal and moral equality of spouses

Equality of citizens before the law - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sex - Adultery criminal offence - Family, legal and moral equality of spouses

Equality of citizens before the law - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sex - Adultery criminal offence - Family, legal and moral equality of spouses