# 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, Article 2: Scope

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Directive covers:
(a) self-employed workers, namely all persons pursuing a gainful activity for their own account, under the conditions laid down by national law;
(b) the spouses of self-employed workers or, when and in so far as recognised by national law, the life partners of self-employed workers, not being employees or business partners, where they habitually, under the conditions laid down by national law, participate in the activities of the self-employed worker and perform the same tasks or ancillary tasks.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/41/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-41/article-2
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