453It should also be noted that it is clear from the case-law that in appraising the cooperation shown by undertakings the Commission is not entitled to disregard the principle of equal treatment, a general principle of Community law which, according to settled case-law, is infringed only where comparable situations are treated differently or different situations are treated in the same way, unless such difference of treatment is objectively justified (Krupp Thyssen Stainless and Acciai speciali Terni v Commission paragraph 278 above, paragraph 237).
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