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- 1. Member States shall ensure that listed companies which do…
- 2. As regards the selection of candidates for appointment or…
- 3. Member States shall ensure that, at the request of a candi…
- 4. Member States shall take the necessary measures, in accord…
- 5. Where the process for selecting candidates for appointment…
2.As regards the selection of candidates for appointment or election to director positions, Member States shall ensure that, when choosing between candidates who are equally qualified in terms of suitability, competence and professional performance, priority is given to the candidate of the underrepresented sex unless, in exceptional cases, reasons of greater legal weight, such as the pursuit of other diversity policies, invoked within the context of an objective assessment which takes into account the specific situation of a candidate of the other sex and which is based on non-discriminatory criteria, tilt the balance in favour of the candidate of the other sex.
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