Further, instead of talking about fundamental rights in the EU, one should speak of the union taking an obligation in human rights agreements and in respecting and controlling human rights. The Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disablities. Above we pointed out the established contenst of the basic concept. This concerns also the control system of human and fundamental rights. Overlapping matters must be avoided to keep the system clear, and on the other hand, this also gives the possibility to avoid overlapping costs.
Citizens find it impossible to handle a multilayered legal system.
The National Association of the Disabled did already in previous comments point out that EU policies are to be based on equality among citizens so that no one, whatever his endeavours, is without acceptable cause placed in an inferior position in relation to other people. The provisions for prohibiting discrimination included in the Finnish constitution classify sex, age, origin, language, religious and other beliefs, opinion, state of health, disability and other causes related to an individual as grounds for segregation. To be preventive and functional, discrimination prohibition requires sanctions, consequences that take effect when discrimination occurs. In Finland, the matter is solved by including in the criminal code provisions that define a punishment for discrimination occuring in certain areas of human activities. According to this provision, the person who, while engaged in business activities, self-employment, public services, as an official or carrying out other public tasks, or arranging public events or meetings, without acceptable reason with respect to the segregation ground mentioned above, places and individual in a considerably worse position than other persons, shall be fined for discrimination or put in jail for at most six months.