18The Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart expressed doubts as to the latter arguments. On the one hand, referring to Case C-79/99 Schnorbus [2000] ECR I-10997, it observed that performance of military service delayed access by men to employment and vocational training and could therefore constitute discrimination on grounds of sex within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Directive 76/207. On the other hand, it considered that that difference in treatment could nevertheless be justified as specific preferential treatment for women, compensating in part for the periods of interruption of work due to maternity and childrearing.
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