24It should be borne in mind that the Court has recognised the existence of a prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age which must be regarded as a general principle of EU law and which was given specific expression by Directive 2000/78 in the field of employment and occupation (judgments in Kücükdeveci, C‑555/07, EU:C:2010:21, paragraph 21, and Prigge and Others, C‑447/09, EU:C:2011:573, paragraph 38).
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