49In that regard, as the Advocate General observed, in essence, in points 83 and 84 of his Opinion, the payment of a sum of money is insufficient to meet the claims of a person who seeks primarily to obtain recognition, by way of compensation for the non-material damage suffered, of the fact that he or she has been the victim of discrimination, meaning that the payment cannot, for that purpose, be regarded as having a satisfactory compensatory function. Similarly, the requirement to pay a sum of money cannot ensure a truly deterrent effect as regards the author of the discrimination by inducing him or her not to repeat the discriminatory behaviour and thereby preventing further discrimination on his or her part where, as in the present case, he or she contests the existence of any discrimination but considers it more advantageous, in terms of cost and reputation, to pay the compensation claimed by the claimant, while also thereby avoiding a finding by a national court that there had been discrimination.
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