35According to settled case-law, the principle of equal treatment laid down in Article 7 of Regulation No 1612/68, which extends to all the advantages which, whether or not linked to a contract of employment, are generally granted to national workers primarily because of their objective status as workers or by virtue of the mere fact of their residence on the national territory, is also intended to prevent discrimination to the detriment of descendants dependent on the worker (see, in particular, Case 32/75 Cristini [1975] ECR 1085, paragraph 19, Case 94/84 Deak [1985] ECR 1873, paragraph 22, and Case C-337/97 Meeusen [1999] ECR I-3289, paragraph 22).
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