ACQUIRED RIGHTS CLAUSE

Domain	Definition
Finance	A GATT provision that allowed the original contacting parties to accept general GATT obligations despite the fact that some existing domestic legislation was otherwise inconsistent with GATT provisions. Source: European Union. (references)
Law	A clause inserted in a collective agreement, concluded between the same parties and having the same occupational and territorial scope, stipulating that the new agreement may not give rise to any restriction of the entitlements acquired prior to its signature. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "ACQUIRED RIGHTS CLAUSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		saavutettua etua koskeva lauseke. (various references)

French		clause de maintien des droits acquis, clause de maintien des avantages acquis, clause de droits acquis. (various references)

German		in Tarifvertraegen vorkommende Klausel,die bestimmt,daß bisherige,günstigere Arbeitsbedingungen durch das Inkrafttreten des Tarifvertrages nicht berührt werden, Bestandklausel, Besitzstandklausel. (various references)

Greek		ρήτρα διατήρησης των κεκτημένων δικαιωμάτων. (various references)

Italian		grandfather clause (grandfather clause), clausola per i diritti acquisiti (grandfather clause), clausola di mantenimento dei vantaggi acquisiti. (various references)

Pig Latin		acquireday ightsray auseclay

Portuguese		cláusula de manutenção de direitos adquiridos. (various references)

Spanish		cláusula de respeto a los derechos adquiridos, cláusula de derechos adquiridos (grandfather clause). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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