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European Union Agency for Fundamental RightsMemberStateAustriaPol<strong>and</strong>Implementing legislationAt federal level, Part 2 of theGleichbeh<strong>and</strong>lungsgesetz [EqualTreatment Act (ETA)] 32 <strong>and</strong>, as regardsemployment with federal public bodies,Part 2 of the Bundes-Gleichbeh<strong>and</strong>lungsgesetz [Federal EqualTreatment Act]. 33 The provinces arecompetent for the Directive’s transpositioninto provincial law, in regard to the equaltreatment of civil servants in provincial <strong>and</strong>communal administrations, <strong>and</strong> regardingthe access to <strong>and</strong> supply of goods <strong>and</strong>services offered by the provinces <strong>and</strong>communities including social protection,social advantages, education <strong>and</strong> selfemployment.The Employment Equality Directive wasimplemented by amendments to the Act of26.06.1974 – Kodeks pracy [LabourCode], 34 by the Act of 20.06.2004 – Ustawao promocji zatrudnienia i instytucjach rynkupracy [Promotion of Employment <strong>and</strong>Institutions of the Labour Market Act], 35 <strong>and</strong>by amendments to the Act of 17.11.1964 –Kodeks Postępowania Cywilnego [CivilProcedure Code] 36 ,… limited toemployment <strong>and</strong>occupation (light blue)… going beyondemployment <strong>and</strong>occupation (dark blue)Provincial legislation in seven of the nine provincescovers employment <strong>and</strong> occupation, but also accessto <strong>and</strong> supply of goods <strong>and</strong> services offered by theprovinces <strong>and</strong> communities, including socialprotection, social advantages, education <strong>and</strong> selfemployment.A new anti-discrimination law is currently underpreparation by the Ministry of Labour 37 that wouldprohibit discrimination on different grounds, includingsexual orientation, not only in work <strong>and</strong> employment,but also in social security <strong>and</strong> social protection,healthcare, <strong>and</strong> education, although the provision of<strong>and</strong> access to goods <strong>and</strong> services would only besubject to a prohibition of discrimination on grounds ofrace or ethnic origin.32Gleichbeh<strong>and</strong>lungsgesetz [Equal Treatment Act], Austria/BGBl I 66/2004, last amended by BGBl I82/2005 (10.08.2005).33Austria/BGBl I 100/1993 as last amended by BGBl I 96/2007, (28.12.2007).34Pol<strong>and</strong>/Labour Code Unified text – Dziennik Ustaw [Journal of Laws] of 1998, No. 21, item 94 asamended, Journal of Laws of 2003, No. 213, item 2081.35Journal of Laws of 2004, No. 99, item 1001, as amended.36Pol<strong>and</strong>/ Civil Procedure Code Unified text – Dziennik Ustaw [Journal of Laws] of 1964, No. 43, item 296,as amended, Journal of Laws of 2004, No. 172, item 1804.37Pol<strong>and</strong>/Ustawa o równym traktowaniu (project) [Draft Law on Equal Treatment] of 31.08.2007, availableat http://www.mps.gov.pl/bip/index.php?idkat=1372 (04.02.2008).32
<strong>Homophobia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Discrimination</strong> on Grounds of Sexual Orientation in the EU Member StatesPart I – Legal AnalysisMemberStatePortugalRomaniaSloveniaSlovakiaImplementing legislationLabour Code (which came into effect in2003) <strong>and</strong> Law 35/2004 complementing theLabour Code.A number of legislative acts were adoptedsince 2000 in order to implement theEmployment Equality Directive. 38The Employment Equality Directive wasimplemented by the Zakon o delovnihrazmerjih [Employment RelationshipsAct], 40 in force since 1.1.2003, <strong>and</strong> by theImplementation of the Principle of EqualTreatment Act 41 .Act No. 365/2004 Coll. on equal treatmentin certain areas <strong>and</strong> protection againstdiscrimination (Anti-discrimination Act), 42recently amended 43 .… limited toemployment <strong>and</strong>occupation (light blue)… going beyondemployment <strong>and</strong>occupation (dark blue)The prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexualorientation applies only to employment.The existing prohibition of discrimination coversemployment <strong>and</strong> labour-related issues, but alsoaccess to services, access to health, education etc.,since it applies in relation to all ‘human rights <strong>and</strong>fundamental freedoms or rights recognised byRomanian legislation, in the political, economic, social<strong>and</strong> cultural field or in any other domains of publiclife.’ 39The Implementation of the Principle of EqualTreatment Act prohibits discrimination against anyperson in the exercise of his/her rights <strong>and</strong> duties <strong>and</strong>in the exercise of his/her fundamental freedoms inany aspect of the social sphere, in particular in thefields of employment, education, social security <strong>and</strong>access to <strong>and</strong> provision of goods <strong>and</strong> services.The Act on Higher Education 44 <strong>and</strong> the School Act 45were amended in 2007 46 in order to prohibitdiscrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. TheAct on Providers of Health Care also includes such aprohibition. 47 In addition, the 2008 amendment to theAnti-discrimination act extends the prohibition ofdiscrimination on grounds of sexual orientationbeyond employment to other areas such as socialcare, medical treatment, access to goods <strong>and</strong>services <strong>and</strong> education.38Romania/ Law 48/2002 concerning the adoption of the Government Ordinance 137/2000 regarding theprevention <strong>and</strong> the punishment of all forms of discrimination (31.01.2002); see also Romania/Government Ordinance 77/2003 for the amendment of the Government Ordinance 137/2000 regardingthe prevention <strong>and</strong> the punishment of all forms of discrimination, (30.08.2003); see also Romania/ Law27/2004 concerning the adoption of the Government Ordinance 77/2003 for the amendment of theGovernment Ordinance 137/2000 regarding the prevention <strong>and</strong> the punishment of all forms ofdiscrimination (11.04.2004); see also Romania/ Law 324/2006 for the amendment of the GovernmentOrdinance 137/2000 regarding the prevention <strong>and</strong> the punishment of all forms of discrimination,(20.07.2006).39Article 3 of the Ordinance 137 <strong>and</strong> Art. 1.(2) of Romania/ Law 48/2002 concerning the adoption of theGovernment Ordinance 137/2000 regarding the prevention <strong>and</strong> the punishment of all forms ofdiscrimination (31.01.2002).40Slovenia/Employment Relationships Act 42/02 <strong>and</strong> 103/07 as amended (03.05.2002)41Slovenia/Implementation of the Principle of Equal Treatment Act 93/07 (27.09.2007).42Slovakia/ Antidiskriminačný Zákon 365/2004 (20.05.2004).43This last amendment did not come into force yet. It was not published in the official journal of thecollection of laws. The approved version is available at:http://www.nrsr.sk/exeIT.NRSR.Web.Webclass/Tmp/N%E1vrh%20z%E1kona_474.doc (25.02.2008).44Slovakia/zákon 131/2002 (21.02.2002).33
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