Judgment_paragraph 69 · The Queen, on the application of Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd v The Licensing Authority established by the Medicines Act 1968 (acting by the Medicines Control Agency) (C-106/01)

69According to settled case-law, the principle of nondiscrimination requires that comparable situations not be treated differently and different situations not be treated in the same way unless such treatment is objectively justified (see, inter alia, Case 106/83 Sermide [1984] ECR 4209, paragraph 28, and Case C-137/00 Milk Marque and National Farmers’ Union [2003] ECR I-7975, paragraph 126).