Press Release: Judgment in Case C-83/14 CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia

The installation of electricity meters at an inaccessible height in a district densely populated by Roma is liable to constitute discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin when such meters are installed in other districts at a normal height.

Even assuming that it is established that there has been abuse of the meters in that district, such a practice seems to be disproportionate to the dual objective consisting in ensuring the security of the electricity transmission network and the due recording of electricity consumption

Blog: EU Law Analysis, 24.07.15: When all the people in a district are victims of race discrimination: CJEU ruling in CHEZ v Nikolova http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/when-all-people-in-district-are-victims.html

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