35That aim is to allow only Member States the opportunity of restricting admission of foreign nationals to certain positions in the public service (judgment of 12 February 1974, Sotgiu, 152/73, EU:C:1974:13, paragraph 4), which presume on the part of those occupying them the existence of a special relationship of allegiance to the State and reciprocity of rights and duties which form the foundation of the bond of nationality (see judgment of 17 December 1980, Commission v Belgium, 149/79, EU:C:1980:297, paragraph 10). Article 45(4) TFEU cannot, conversely, have the effect of disentitling a worker, once admitted into the public service of a Member State, to the application of the provisions contained in Article 45(1) to (3) TFEU (judgment of 26 April 2007, Alevizos, C‑392/05, EU:C:2007:251, paragraph 70 and the case-law cited).
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