The deadline for the transposition into national law of the Race Equality Directive was 19 July 2003 and, in the case of the Employment Framework Directive, 2 December 2003 for the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation. A further three years was allowed for transposing the provisions on age and disability discrimination, in order to take account of particular conditions; a number of Member States notified the European Commission that they intended to use this extra period.
