Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 26 July 2006

Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast)

	Recitals
	Title I General Provisions (arts. 1-3)
	Article 1 Purpose
	Article 2 Definitions
	Article 3 Positive action
	Title II Specific Provisions (arts. 4-16)
	Chapter 1 Equal pay (art. 4)
	Article 4 Prohibition of discrimination
	Chapter 2 Equal treatment in occupational social security schemes (arts. 5-13)
	Article 5 Prohibition of discrimination
	Article 6 Personal scope
	Article 7 Material scope
	Article 8 Exclusions from the material scope
	Article 9 Examples of discrimination
	Article 10 Implementation as regards self-employed persons
	Article 11 Possibility of deferral as regards self-employed persons
	Article 12 Retroactive effect
	Article 13 Flexible pensionable age
	Chapter 3 Equal treatment as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion and working conditions (arts. 14-16)
	Article 14 Prohibition of discrimination
	Article 15 Return from maternity leave
	Article 16 Paternity and adoption leave
	Title III Horizontal Provisions (arts. 17-30)
	Chapter 1 Remedies and enforcement (arts. 17-19)
	Section 1 Remedies (arts. 17-18)
	Article 17 Defence of rights
	Article 18 Compensation or reparation
	Section 2 Burden of proof (art. 19)
	Article 19 Burden of proof
	Chapter 2 Promotion of equal treatment - dialogue (arts. 20-22)
	Article 20 Equality bodies
	Article 21 Social dialogue
	Article 22 Dialogue with non-governmental organisations
	Chapter 3 General horizontal provisions (arts. 23-30)
	Article 23 Compliance
	Article 24 Victimisation
	Article 25 Penalties
	Article 26 Prevention of discrimination
	Article 27 Minimum requirements
	Article 28 Relationship to Community and national provisions
	Article 29 Gender mainstreaming
	Article 30 Dissemination of information
	Title IV Final Provisions (arts. 31-36)
	Article 31 Reports
	Article 32 Review
	Article 33 Implementation
	Article 34 Repeal
	Article 35 Entry into force
	Article 36 Addressees
	Annex I
	Annex I, Part A Repealed Directives with their successive amendments
	Annex I, Part B List of time limits for transposition into national law and application dates
	Annex II Correlation table
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