Die unionsrechtlichen Vorgaben zu den Rechtsfolgen von Diskriminierungen im Privatrechtsverkehr

When dealing with discrimination in private law communications, the focus is in practice too often narrowed down to claims for damages. The range of legal consequences provided for by Union law, however, is far broader.
The first part of this work considers primary law provisions for sanctions relating to discrimination in private law communications. An emphasis is put on the development of an original Union law liability claim of private persons facing violations of fundamental freedoms and on the derivation of a qualified indirect third-party effect of the Charter fundamental rights in private law affairs. The presentation of the provisions made in the Equal Treatment Directive concerning legal consequences of a violation of the principal of equality make up the core of this work. A comparison between the sanction provisions of primary law and those of the Equal Treatment Directive leads to the conclusion that the differences between the systems of legal consequences are not great.