48By its first question, the referring court asks essentially whether the prohibition of any discrimination based on age in employment and occupation must be interpreted as meaning that it precludes national legislation such as that in the main proceedings, pursuant to which compulsory retirement clauses contained in collective agreements are regarded as lawful, where such clauses provide as sole requirements that workers must have reached retirement age, set at 65 years by the national legislation, and must fulfil the other social security conditions for entitlement to draw a contributory retirement pension.
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