39As to the question whether, beyond the rules on the right of entry and residence for recipients of services, the Agreement aims to establish a general principle of equal treatment in relation to their legal status in the territory of one of the contracting parties, it must be pointed out that, while Article 2 of the Agreement deals with the principle of non-discrimination, it imposes a general and absolute prohibition not on all discrimination against nationals of one of the contracting parties who are staying in the territory of the other party but only on discrimination on grounds of nationality where the situation of those nationals falls within the material scope of the provisions of Annexes I to III to the Agreement.
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