Underlines that failure to ensure timely and correct transposition of the existing EU legislation addressing the principles of equal opportunities for and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, equal pay for equal work, and equal treatment of women and men in access to and the supply of goods and services, and the existing provisions to improve work-life balance ultimately deprives citizens and businesses of the benefits to which they are entitled under EU law.
poudarja, da so navsezadnje državljani in podjetja prikrajšani za ugodnosti, do katerih so upravičeni po pravu EU, če se veljavna zakonodaja EU o načelih enakih možnosti in enakega obravnavanja moških in žensk pri zaposlovanju in delu, enakem plačilu za enako delo in enakem obravnavanju žensk in moških pri dostopu do blaga in storitev ter oskrbe z njimi ter veljavne določbe za izboljšanje usklajevanja poklicnega in zasebnega življenja pravočasno in pravilno ne prenesejo (v nacionalno zakonodajo).