52That argument cannot be accepted. First, the pension contributions at issue in the main proceedings form part, as has been established in paragraph 30 of this judgment, of Experian employees’ pay. Accordingly, the age-related increases in those contributions are liable to produce effects going beyond the mere fixing of ages for admission or entitlement to retirement benefits. Secondly, as has been pointed out in paragraph 46 of this judgment, Article 6(2) of Directive 2000/78 must be interpreted strictly. Consequently, not all aspects of an occupational social security scheme covering the risks of old age and invalidity, such as, inter alia, the setting of the amount of contributions to the scheme, fall within the scope of that provision, but only those that are expressly referred to therein.
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