40In that regard, it must be noted that the principle of equal treatment, as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation No 883/2004, prohibits not only overt discrimination based on the nationality of the beneficiaries of social security schemes but also all covert forms of discrimination which, through the application of other distinguishing criteria, lead in fact to the same result (see, by analogy, judgment of 22 June 2011, Landtová, C‑399/09, EU:C:2011:415, paragraph 44 and the case-law cited).
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