50However, according to the case-law of the Court, a derogation from the prohibition, set out in Article 4(1) of Directive 79/7, of all direct discrimination on grounds of sex is possible only in the situations exhaustively set out in the provisions of that directive (see, to that effect, judgments of 21 July 2005, Vergani, C‑207/04, EU:C:2005:495, paragraphs 34 and 35, and of 3 September 2014, X, C‑318/13, EU:C:2014:2133, paragraphs 34 and 35). As it is, the objective invoked by the United Kingdom Government does not correspond to any of the derogations allowed by that directive.
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.