36Having regard to the objective pursued by the Framework Agreement, as recalled in paragraphs 30 and 31 above, to offer both men and women an opportunity to reconcile their work responsibilities with family obligations, clause 2.4 must be interpreted as articulating a particularly important European Union social right and it may not, therefore, be interpreted restrictively (see, to that effect, Meerts, paragraph 42 and the case-law cited, and Zentralbetriebsrat der Landeskrankenhäuser Tirols, paragraph 54).
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