AMSTERDAM, June 26 (Reuters) - Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML (ASML.AS) may refuse job applicants on the basis of their nationality when required to do so by U.S. export rules, a Dutch human rights body has found.
ASML, based in Veldhoven, Netherlands, has significant operations in the U.S. and makes equipment used in semiconductor manufacturing.
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) "although not originating from the Dutch legislator, are indeed binding for ASML," the institute said.
A Rotterdam-based anti-discrimination foundation had filed a complaint over ASML's hiring practices, arguing that Dutch law does not permit discrimination on the basis of nationality.
Those categories include Iran, Syria, North Korea and Cuba, but also about 20 other countries considered a national security threat to the U.S., including China and Russia.
Persons:
ASML, Toby Sterling, Matthew Lewis
Organizations:
Institute for Human Rights, U.S, . Export Administration, U.S . Commerce Department's, Thomson
Locations:
AMSTERDAM, U.S, Netherlands, Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea, Veldhoven, Rotterdam, China, Russia, Amsterdam