Re Sex Discrimination in the Civil Service: E.C. Commission v. France, 30 June 1988.
The European Court of Justice held that French laws that allow the separate recruitment of men and women for positions as police and prison officers were in conflict with Article 2(2) of Sex Discrimination Directive 76/207 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women, in particular as regards access to employment.  Article 2(2) authorizes exceptions to this general principle for those occupational activities for which, by reason of their nature or the context in which they are carried out, the sex of the worker constitutes a determining factor.  The Court ruled that the positions at issue were not sufficiently transparent or sufficiently related to specific activities to justify inclusion within Article 2(2).  It also ruled, however, that the position of head prison warden fell within Article 2(2).
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