25However, as all the parties who presented observations in the present case have stated, the elimination of discrimination on grounds of sex forms part of the fundamental rights the observance of which, as general principles of Community law, the Court has a duty to ensure (Case 149/77 Defrenne III [1978] ECR 1365, paragraphs 26 and 27, and Case C-13/94 P. v S. and Cornwall County Council [1996] ECR I-2143, paragraph 19).
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