Equal treatment directive misunderstands risk and threatens insurance markets

The UK Government published June 2007 a consultation document including proposals for a Single Equality Bill, to simplify and improve existing legislation and make common-sense proposals to modernise discrimination law. The paper includes consultation on plans for implementing Council Directive 2004/113/EC ('the Gender Directive'), which implements the principle of equal treatment between women and men in the access to and the supply of goods and services

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United kingdom: Department for Communities and Local Government: Press Release, No.111, 2007 (12.6.07): Tackling discrimination, modernising the law http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/tackling_discrimination_modernising_the_law/46900.html

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