62Moreover, as regards the question of which provision of the Treaty should apply to the alleged discrimination, it should be borne in mind that the principle of equal treatment is a general principle of EU law, enshrined in Article 20 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’), of which the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality laid down in Article 21(2) of the Charter is a particular expression (see, by analogy, judgment of 5 July 2017, Fries, C‑190/16, EU:C:2017:513, paragraph 29). The EU institutions are required to comply with that principle as a superior rule of EU law protecting individuals (judgments of 7 October 2015, Accorinti and Others v ECB, T‑79/13, EU:T:2015:756 paragraph 87, and of 24 January 2017, Nausicaa Anadyomène and Banque d'escompte v ECB, T‑749/15, not published, EU:T:2017:21, paragraph 110).
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