60As regards the question whether a difference of treatment indirectly based on religion may be justified by the employer’s desire to pursue a policy of political, philosophical and religious neutrality in the workplace, in order to take account of the wishes of its customers or users, it should be recalled that Article 2(2)(b)(i) of Directive 2000/78 provides that such a difference of treatment is prohibited, unless the provision, criterion or practice from which it derives is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. Accordingly, a difference of treatment, such as that referred to in part (a) of the second question of Case C‑804/18, does not amount to indirect discrimination, within the meaning of Article 2(2)(b) of Directive 2000/78, if it is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and if the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary (see, to that effect, judgment of 14 March 2017, Bougnaoui and ADDH, C‑188/15, EU:C:2017:204, paragraph 33).
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