58The Court has held that the principle of equal treatment, which is enshrined in Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter, is a general principle of EU law, which requires that comparable situations must not be treated differently and that different situations must not be treated in the same way unless such treatment is objectively justified. A difference in treatment is justified if it is based on an objective and reasonable criterion, that is, if the difference relates to a legally permitted aim pursued by the legislation in question, and it is proportionate to the aim pursued by the treatment (judgment of 9 March 2017, Milkova, C‑406/15, EU:C:2017:198, paragraph 55 and the case-law cited).
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