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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8883
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Women in Austria can henceforth apply for diving actvitiy

Luxembourg, 07/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - Austrian legislation will no longer prevent women from applying for activities involving diving in a high pressure atmosphere. The European Court of Justice has declared the provisions of an Austrian decree of 1973 (whereby only men aged 21 and over may be employed for this kind of work) as incompatible with European law and hence inapplicable. The range of diving work is wide and includes, for instance, activity in the fields of biology, archaeology,...

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