26In order to answer this question, it should be borne in mind that clause 4(1) of the framework agreement prohibits, with regard to employment conditions, less favourable treatment of fixed-term workers as compared with permanent workers, solely because they are employed for a fixed term, unless different treatment is justified on objective grounds. Clause 4(4) lays down the same prohibition as regards period-of-service qualifications relating to particular conditions of employment (judgment of 18 October 2012, Valenza and Others, C‑302/11 to C‑305/11, EU:C:2012:646, paragraph 39). In addition, the Court has already stated that national rules concerning periods of service to be completed in order to be classified in a salary grade are covered by the concept of ‘employment conditions’ within the meaning of clause 4(1) of the framework agreement (judgment of 8 September 2011, Rosado Santana, C‑177/10, EU:C:2011:557, paragraphs 46 and 47).
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