Judgment_paragraph 308 · Republic of Lithuania and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-541/20)

308That said, it should be recalled that the principle of equal treatment is a general principle of EU law, enshrined in Article 20 of the Charter, of which the principle of non-discrimination set out in Article 21(1) thereof is a specific expression, 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 (see, to that effect, judgments of 24 February 2022, Glavna direktsia ‘Pozharna bezopasnost i zashtita na naselenieto’, C‑262/20, EU:C:2022:117, paragraph 58, and of 14 July 2022, Commission v VW and Others, C‑116/21 P to C‑118/21 P, C‑138/21 P and C‑139/21 P, EU:C:2022:557, paragraphs 95 and 140 and the case-law cited).