46It must be recalled, in that regard, that, according to settled case-law, where national law, in breach of EU law, provides that a number of groups of persons are to be treated differently, the members of the group placed at a disadvantage must be treated in the same way and made subject to the same arrangements as the other persons concerned. The arrangements applicable to members of the group placed at an advantage remain, for want of the correct application of EU law, the only valid point of reference (judgments of 13 July 2016, Pöpperl, C‑187/15, EU:C:2016:550, paragraph 46 and the case-law cited, and of 28 June 2018, Crespo Rey, C‑2/17, EU:C:2018:511, paragraph 73).
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