81The Court has already held that although in borderline cases fortuitous problems must arise from the introduction of any general and abstract system of rules, there are no grounds for taking exception to the fact that the legislature has resorted to categorisation, provided that it is not in essence discriminatory having regard to the objective which it pursues (Case 147/79 Hochstrass v Court of Justice [1980] ECR 3005, paragraph 14). The same conclusion applies a fortiori where those borderline cases give rise to fortuitous advantages.
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