Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (General Equal Treatment Act) (AGG)
The Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) is the uniform central set of regulations in Germany for the implementation of four European anti-discrimination directives that have been enacted since 2000. After several infringement proceedings against the Federal Republic of Germany, the AGG finally came into force on August 18, 2006. For the first time in Germany, a law was created that comprehensively regulates protection against discrimination on racial grounds or on the grounds of ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual identity by private actors (e.g. employers, landlords, providers of goods and services).