ECJ Judgment – Directive 2000/43/EC – Principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin – Urban districts lived in mainly by persons of Roma origin – Placing of electricity meters on pylons forming part of the overhead electricity supply network, at a height of between six and seven metres – Concepts of ‘direct discrimination’ and ‘indirect discrimination’ – Burden of proof – Possible justification – Prevention of tampering with electricity meters and of unlawful connections – Proportionality – Widespread nature of the measure – Offensive and stigmatising effect of the measure – Directives 2006/32/EC and 2009/72/EC – Inability of final consumers to monitor their electricity consumption
K. Lenaerts, Vice-President, acting as President
C-83/14, [2015] EUECJ C-83/14
Bailii
Directive 2000/43/EC
European, Discrimination
Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.550978