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Official Journal of the European Union

C 34/15

(Case C-538/14)

(2015/C 034/17)

Language of the case: Finnish

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: I. Koskinen and D. Martin, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Finland

Form of order sought

—declare that, by failing to designate a body with competence to perform, in the field of working life, the tasks required by Article 13 of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, and by failing to ensure that those tasks are actually performed, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 3(1) and 13 of that directive;

—order the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Under Article 3(1) of Directive 2000/43/EC, the scope of the directive includes working life. Under Article 13 of Directive 2000/43/EC Member States are to designate a body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons without discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, and to ensure that the competences of at least one of the nominated bodies extend, as regards the matters and tasks laid down in that article, to action in questions concerning working life. Since no body is designated in Finnish legislation to carry out the tasks laid down in Article 13 of Directive 2000/43/EC in questions of working life, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 3(1) and 13 of that directive.

Language of the case: Finnish

(1) OJ 2000 L 180, p. 22.