Judgment_paragraph 50 · Banan-Kompaniet AB and Skandinaviska Bananimporten AB v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (T-57/00)

50First, they observe that the principle of non-discrimination occupies a particularly important place among the rules of Community law intended to protect the interests of individuals (Joined Cases 241/78, 242/78 and 245/78 to 250/78 DGV and Others v Council and Commission [1979] ECR 3017, paragraph 10).