This paper reflects on the problem of gender balance in economic decision-making, considers its legislative roots, and offers potential guidance for its solution. The paper takes into account the origin of positive action and effective equality in the scope of EU legislation and CJEU case law and tackles the most troublesome issues regarding the new initiative of making equality in boards effective. It analyses gender equality in three approaches of positive action. Firstly, the fragile approach at the EU level, despite the rich historical impact it has had. Secondly, positive action on CJEU terrain where standards of equality have been set by useful case law. Finally, the form of legislative positive action which aimed to break the glass ceiling in corporate boards – the ‘Women on Boards Directive’. With such an approach, the paper offers the authors’ view on the stability of positive action and an interpretation of the above-mentioned directive.

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欧盟法律和性别平衡委员会：使平等有效

本文对经济决策中的性别平衡问题进行了反思，考虑了其立法根源，并为解决方案提供了潜在的指导。本文考虑了欧盟立法和CJEU判例法中积极行动和有效平等的起源，并探讨了有关使董事会平等有效的新倡议的最棘手的问题。它通过三种积极行动方法分析了性别平等。首先，尽管它具有深厚的历史影响，但在欧盟一级却是脆弱的。其次，在有用的判例法设定平等标准的情况下，在CJEU地区采取积极行动。最后，旨在打破公司董事会玻璃上限的立法积极行动形式–“董事会妇女指令”。有了这样的方法