Judgment_paragraph 37 · Asociaţia Accept v Consiliul Naţional pentru Combaterea Discriminării (C-81/12)

37Furthermore, taking account, in particular, of Article 8(1) of Directive 2000/78, Article 9(2) of that directive in no way precludes a Member State from laying down, in its national law, the right of associations with a legitimate interest in ensuring compliance with that directive to bring legal or administrative proceedings to enforce the obligations resulting therefrom without acting in the name of a specific complainant or in the absence of an identifiable complainant (see also Feryn, paragraph 27).