46Such an argument cannot however be accepted. First, rigorous personnel management is a budgetary consideration and cannot therefore justify discrimination (see, to that effect, Joined Cases C-4/02 and C-5/02 Schönheit and Becker [2003] ECR I-12575, paragraph 85). Second, the European Commission rightly points out that the aim of Clause 4 of the framework agreement on fixed-term work is not necessarily to create permanent jobs.
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