31It is apparent from settled case-law that Article 141 EC, like its predecessor Article 119 of the EEC Treaty (which became Article 119 of the EC Treaty — Articles 117 to 120 of the EC Treaty have been replaced by Articles 136 EC to 143 EC), must be interpreted as meaning that whenever there is evidence of discrimination, it is for the employer to prove that the practice at issue is justified by objective factors unrelated to any discrimination based on sex (see, to that effect, inter alia, Danfoss, paragraphs 22 and 23; Case C-33/89 Kowalska [1990] ECR I-2591, paragraph 16; Hill and Stapleton, paragraph 43; and Joined Cases C-4/02 and C-5/02 Schönheit and Becker [2003] ECR I-12575, paragraph 71).
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