Judgment_paragraph 73 · Hungary v European Commission (C-31/13 P)

73The general principle of equal treatment, which is one of the fundamental principles of EU law, 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, inter alia, Case C-304/01 Spain v Commission [2004] ECR I-7655, paragraph 31, and judgment of 3 March 2005 in Case C‑283/02 Italy v Commission, paragraph 79).