Reinhard Prigge and Others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG (C-447/09)

Judgment of 13 Sept 2011

law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-447-09/para_38@2026-11-12

38In relation to the application of the Directive, it should be noted that the Court has acknowledged the existence of a principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age which must be regarded as a general principle of EU law and which has been given specific expression in the Directive in the domain of employment and occupation (see, to that effect, Case C-555/07 Kücükdeveci [2010] ECR I-365, paragraph 21). The prohibition of all discrimination on grounds, inter alia, of age is incorporated in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’), which, from 1 December 2009, has the same legal status as the treaties.

Reinhard Prigge and Others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG (C-447/09)

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