Recent Developments and the Non-Discrimination Directives: Mangold and More
| Author | Lisa Waddington |
| Date | 01 September 2006 |
| Published date | 01 September 2006 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1023263X0601300308 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
13 MJ 3 (2006) 365
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE
NONDISCRIMINATION DIRECTIVES:
MANGOLD AND MORE
L W*
ABSTRACT
e concluding paper of this special is sue seeks to re ect on recent developments with
regard to the non-discrimination Directives and th eir possible relevance for the United
Kingdom and the Netherlands. Partic ular attention will be paid to the rst case decided by
the European Court of Justice on the basi s of the Directives, Mangold.1 is case concerned
the tricky question of the limits of the e xtended scope for justifying di scrimination on the
grounds of age, and the standards again st which such exceptions to the non-discriminat ion
principle should be measured . In addition, the attention currently being paid to the
broader policy question of the need for, and desirability of, f urther EC non-discrimination
directives will be noted.
Keywords: Transposition and enforcement of equalit y directives, Non-discri mination
law, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Mangol d
§1. COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON
NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
A FRAMEWORK STRATEGY2
In 2004 the Commission consulted widely on the future of EC equality and non-
discrimi nation policy through it s Green Paper Equality and non-discrimination in an
* European Disability Foru m Chair in European Disability Law, Maastricht University. I am gratefu l to
my co-editor Mar k Bell for his helpful com ments on an earlier version of t his article.
1 Case C-144/04, Mangold v. Helm, [2005] ECR I-9981.
2 COM (2005) 224 nal .
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