6According to recital 18 of Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (OJ 2010 L 180, p. 1):‘The economic and physical vulnerability of pregnant self-employed workers … makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity benefits …’
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