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Disability discrimination: European community law and the definition of 'disability'

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    Chacón Navas v Eurest Colectividades SA [2006] IRLR 706 ECJ (0 other reports)

In the first case to come before it on the issue, the ECJ finds that "disability" within the Framework Directive is not to be equated with "sickness" and that discrimination solely on the grounds of sickness does not fall within the scope of the Directive.