30Next, the Court has consistently held that the principle of equality is one of the fundamental principles of Community law and requires that similar situations should not be treated differently unless differentiation is objectively justified (Case 215/85 Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung v Raiffeisen Hauptgenossenschaft [1987] ECR 1279, paragraph 23).
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