2008-0140-Discrimination-ST06608.EN10
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION |
| Brussels, 17 February 2010 | ||
Interinstitutional File: 2008/0140 (CNS) |
| 6608/10 LIMITE | ||
| SOC 129 JAI 148 MI 56 | |||
NOTE
from : | The General Secretariat |
to : | The Working Party on Social Questions |
No. prev. doc. : | 6092/10 SOC 75 JAI 108 MI 39 |
No. Cion prop. : | 11531/08 SOC 411 JAI 368 MI 246 |
Subject : | Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation |
Delegations will find attached a note from the delegation of Cyprus with a view to the meeting of the Working Party on Social Questions on 18 February 2010.
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Note from the delegation of CYPRUS
Subject: Recital 15
Cyprus would be interested to hear the views of Member States and the Commission on to the following suggestion concerning Recital 15:
15. Actuarial and risk factors related to disability and to age are used in the provision of insurance, banking and other financial services. These should not be regarded as constituting discrimination where service providers have shown to the competent authorities, by relevant actuarial principles, accurate statistical data or medical knowledge, that such factors are determining factors for the assessment of risk.
Justification
This addition is necessary so that Recital 15 complies with Article 2 paragraph 7(a). Otherwise it would not be clear to whom the service providers would “have shown….. that such factors are determining factors for the assessment of risk”.
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