38Even assuming that the legislation in question does indeed pursue the objective of rewarding workers’ loyalty to their employers, and even though such an objective may conceivably constitute an overriding reason in the public interest (see Case C-224/01 Köbler [2003] ECR I-10239, paragraph 83), it must be found that, given the characteristics of that legislation, the obstacle which it entails is not such as to ensure achievement of that objective.
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