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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8750

17 July 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 51
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ombudsman
Ombudsman urges Commission to scrap age limit for trainees

Brussels, 16/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has called on the European Commission to abolish the age limit in its in-service traineeship programme. This follows a complaint from a student at Copenhagen Business School concerning the rules governing the programme, which has an age limit of 30 years. The complainant alleges that the age limit constitutes discrimination and is contrary to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Article 21 of the...

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