...ECHR was abandoned during the IGC. • There is a general commitment (in a new Article 6a of the TEC) to "take appropriate action to combat discrimination...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation". The Commission can initiate such action but it will require unanimity in the Council. This does not,...

...the 1997 Amsterdam Treaty, EU leaders agreed to a provision that empowers the Council of Ministers to "take appropriate action to combat discrimination...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation." Whether that power will be acted upon remains to be seen. 23. Of interest, for similar reasons, is...

...Freedoms. When the Amsterdam Treaty comes into effect, the Council will be able to take action by unanimity to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. A Commission action plan to combat racism in the EU is likely to have four specific aims: to include...

...commitment to "a high level of employment and of social protection") and Article 13 (enabling the Council to "take appropriate action to combat discrimination...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation"). In what follows, an attempt has been made to present a range of material illustrating the main policy...

...acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Community shall adopt measures with the aim of progressively establishing the internal market over...

...acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation." This was certainly an advance, but substantially watered down from earlier drafts. In late 1996, the...

...acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation'. Indeed. such measures were taken even prior to the enactment of that Article, on the basis of existing...

...acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation'. pointed to the negative aspects: illegal and harmful content on the Net.52 With respect to discrimination...

...acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based...or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. (New Article 13 Treaty- Establishing the European Community - not yet ratified). The disability movement...

...acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based...religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation This provides a treaty base to allow the Council to adopt an EC Directive prohibiting racial discrimination...