27As the Advocate General observed in point 32 of his Opinion, it follows from the use, together, of the terms ‘employment’, ‘self-employment’ and ‘occupation’ that Article 3(1)(a) of Directive 2000/78 covers conditions for access to any occupational activity, whatever the nature and characteristics of such activity. Those terms must be construed broadly, as is apparent from a comparison of the different language versions of that provision and the use of general expressions in those versions, such as ‘erhvervsmæssig beskæftigelse’, ‘ejercicio profesional’, ‘Erwerbstätigkeit’, ‘occupation’ and ‘beroep’ in Danish, Spanish, German, English and Dutch respectively, in particular for the term ‘occupation’.
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