32That difference in treatment is liable to make the exercise by a parent company of its freedom of establishment through the creation of subsidiaries in other Member States less attractive. In order for that difference to be compatible with the provisions of the Treaty, it must, as is apparent from paragraph 20 above, relate to situations which are not objectively comparable or be justified by an overriding reason in the public interest.
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