translate English to French: Thus, Article 119 (now 141) EC has produced direct effects since that date, while directives already in effect at that time for the other Member States (e.g. Directives 75/117 and 76/207) came into effect in Greece on 1 January 1981.
The number of these States is constantly growing, so that a "constitutional tradition common to the Member States" (Article 6(2) EU Treaty) in respect of substantive gender equality and of positive action, as a necessary means for achieving it, is forming.