COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in the field of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and deleting Article 13 of Directive 2000/43/EC and Article 12 of Directive Agreement in principle Request for the consent of the European Parliament 4005th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (General Affairs) 20 February 2024, Brussels