Association Belge Des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL V Conseil Des Ministres
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Association Belge Des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL V Conseil Des Ministres
''Association belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL v Conseil des ministres'' (2011C-236/09is a decision of the European Court of Justice which invalidated a provision of Directive 2004/113/EC of the European Union which permitted the continence of sexual discrimination in the provision of insurance services provided that it was based on "relevant and accurate actuarial and statistical data." The practical result of the decision was the prohibition of sexual discrimination in insurance policies. Facts A Belgian consumer association, Test-Achats, against the Belgian government claiming that the legal measure adopted by the government to transposition (law), transpose the Gender Directive into European Union law, EU law violated the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The Constitutional Court asked the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling on the validity of Article 5(2) of the directive. Judgment On 1 March 2011 the ECJ ruled in favour of Test-Achat ...
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European Court Of Justice
The European Court of Justice (ECJ, french: Cour de Justice européenne), formally just the Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is tasked with interpreting EU law and ensuring its uniform application across all EU member states under Article 263 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Court was established in 1952, and is based in Luxembourg. It is composed of one judge per member state – currently – although it normally hears cases in panels of three, five or fifteen judges. The Court has been led by president Koen Lenaerts since 2015. The ECJ is the highest court of the European Union in matters of Union law, but not national law. It is not possible to appeal against the decisions of national courts in the ECJ, but rather national courts refer questions of EU law to the ECJ. However, it is ultimately for the national court ...
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