41As regards the substantive scope of Directive 2000/43, recital 12 in its preamble states that, in order to ensure the development of democratic and tolerant societies which allow the participation of all persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, specific action in the field of discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin should go beyond access to employed and self-employed activities and cover areas such as those listed in Article 3(1) of that directive.
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