Judgment_paragraph 48 · Geoffrey Léger v Ministre des Affaires sociales, de la Santé et des Droits des femmes and Etablissement français du sang (C-528/13)

48Accordingly, among the provisions of the Charter, that decree must respect inter alia Article 21(1) thereof, according to which any discrimination based on sexual orientation must be prohibited. Article 21(1) is a particular expression of the principle of equal treatment, which is a general principle of EU law enshrined in Article 20 of the Charter (see, to that effect, judgments in Römer, C‑147/08, EU:C:2011:286, paragraph 59, and Glatzel, C‑356/12, EU:C:2014:350, paragraph 43).