47It follows that the right to parental leave is granted by Directive 96/34 to all parents having a child below a certain age limit. Since that directive provides that entitlement to parental leave is available during a certain period, until the child has reached the age set by the Member State concerned, the fact that the child was born before or after the time-limit laid down for the implementation of that directive is not relevant in this regard. The right to parental leave is not connected with the birth or adoption of the child considered as facts which, by reason of the date at which they occurred, give rise to entitlement to such leave. It is true that the text of the framework agreement states that the right to parental leave is conferred ‘on the grounds of the birth or adoption’ of a child, but such wording reflects only the fact that the grant of parental leave is subject to the condition that a child has been born or adopted. This does not imply that for the right to parental leave to be justified, the birth or adoption of the child must have occurred after that directive has come into force in the Member State concerned.
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