38Lastly, according to the Council, the decision of the legislature to take into account, in the context of Article 45 of the Staff Regulations, only periods of service completed as an official cannot be affected by the general principle of equal treatment. According to case-law and in particular the judgments in Chetcuti v Commission (C‑16/07 P, EU:C:2008:549, paragraph 40) and Wasmeier v Commission (T‑381/00, EU:T:2002:190, paragraph 122), no discrimination exists where officials are treated differently from members of the temporary staff, since the definition of each of those categories corresponds to legitimate requirements of the administration and the nature of the duties, permanent or temporary, which it is required to perform.
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