Indicator in all countries

Does legislation provide for the possibility of adopting special/positive measures prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to racial or ethnic origin in order to ensure full equality in practice?

• Austria

  The possibility of adopting special/positive measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages is explicitly foreseen by Austrian Equal Treatment Legislation.

• Bulgaria

  Yes.

• Cyprus

  Yes

• Denmark

  Yes.

• Finland

  Yes, the national law provides for the possibility of adopting positive measures.

• France

  No

• Germany

  Yes.

• Greece

  Yes

• Hungary

  yes

• Ireland

  Working within an EU framework the legislation does allow for the possibility of special/positive action in so far as in EU law positive action is lawful whereas positive discrimination is not. There is also what is referred to as reasonable accommodation which primarily relates to people with disabilities and is compulsory in EU law. Irish law specifically allows for positive action in relation to gender, disability, membership of the Traveller community and for older workers over 50

• Italy

  No.

• Poland

  Yes.

• Portugal

  Yes, legislation provides for the possibility of adopting positive measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to racial or ethnic origin.

• Romania

  YES

• Slovenia

  Yes. The adoption of positive measures is provided for with Article 6 of the Act Implementing the Principle of Equal Treatment.

• Spain

  Yes, the possibility of introducing positive policies stated in Law 62/2003 on fiscal, administrative and social order.

• Sweden

  Yes.