Is selling products at different prices depending on gender possible?

Question

I noticed that a French nightclub in Nice (France) sold products at different prices according to the sex of the customers and according to their clothes, indeed women paid less for nightclub's ticket and those who wore short skirts paid less for drinks.
Is it possible to do that ? It seems like be price discrimination to me.

Dale M · Accepted Answer

You cannot sell the same goods or services at different price points based on gender in the EU
Council directive 2004/113/EC required members to implement local laws to "prohibit discrimination based on sex in the access to and supply of goods and services" and it "should apply to both direct discrimination and indirect discrimination."
The example you cite would appear to be both direct (tickets) and indirect (skirts) discrimination.

Is selling products at different prices depending on gender possible?

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You cannot sell the same goods or services at different price points based on gender in the EU

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