18In that regard, it should be observed at the outset that it is settled case-law that Article 12 EC, which lays down a general prohibition of all discrimination on grounds of nationality, applies independently only to situations governed by EU law for which the Treaty lays down no specific rules of non-discrimination (see, inter alia, Case 305/87 Commission v Greece [1989] ECR 1461, paragraph 13; Case C-336/96 Gilly [1998] ECR I-2793, paragraph 37; Case C-100/01 Oteiza Olazabal [2002] ECR I-10981, paragraph 25; and Case C-240/10 Schulz-Delzers and Schulz [2011] ECR I-8531, paragraph 29).
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