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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9746

24 September 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
If there is no specific legislation, fundamental rights do not apply between private entities

Brussels, 23/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Fundamental rights, which are not yet written into Community law, can only be directly invoked in a case between private entities if they form part of legislation duly incorporated into national law. That is the principle that underpins the judgment delivered by the Court on 23 September in case C-427/06. German national Birgit Bartsch cannot, therefore, use her fundamental rights - in this instance, against discrimination based on her age - to claim...

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