28It should be observed at the outset that it is apparent from both its title, preamble, content and purpose that Directive 2000/78 seeks to lay down a general framework in order to guarantee equal treatment ‘in employment and occupation’ to all persons, by offering them effective protection against discrimination on one of the grounds covered by Article 1, which include age (judgments in Hütter, C‑88/08, EU:C:2009:381, paragraph 33, and Georgiev, C‑250/09 and C‑268/09, EU:C:2010:699, paragraph 26).
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