Treaties: 1957, Treaty of Rome, art.119, “equality of wage between men and women and equality of work”; 1997, EC Treaty (Amsterdam), art. 2, “the European Community has the mission to promote equality between men and women”; 1997, EC Treaty, art. 3: as part of its action, “the Community shall strive to eliminate inequalities and promote equality between men and women”; 1997, EC Treaty, art. 13, that incorporates the “struggle against forms of discrimination based on sex” in the general clause on non-discrimination; 2000, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, art. 23(1), “equality between men and women must be guaranteed in all sectors, including employment, work and pay”. Main Directives: 1975, Equality of pay; 1976, Equality of treatment for employment, vocational training, promotion and general conditions of work; 1978/86, social security regimes; 1986, equality of treatment for self-employed workers and their spouses; 1992, pregnancy and maternity; 1996, parental leave; 1998, onus of proof in case of discrimination based on sex; 2000, creation of a general framework for equality of treatment in the fields of employment and work. Programmes: EU framework strategy on equality between men and women (2001-5); Integration of the policy of equal opportunities between men and women in the programmes and projects of the structural Funds (2000-2006).
