Judgment_paragraph 48 · Vereniging voor Energie, Milieu en Water and Others v Directeur van de Dienst uitvoering en toezicht energie (C-17/03)

48The prohibition of discrimination, which is one of the fundamental principles of Community law, requires that comparable situations are not treated differently unless such difference in treatment is objectively justified (see, inter alia, Germany v Council, cited above, paragraph 67).