Judgment_paragraph 30 · Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser v Manova A/S (C-336/12)

30It is settled case-law that the principle of equal treatment requires that comparable situations must not be treated differently, and that different situations must not be treated in the same way, unless such treatment is objectively justified (see Joined Cases C-21/03 and C-34/03 Fabricom [2005] ECR I-1559, paragraph 27 and the case-law cited).