55However, the Court observes that Article 11(2) of Directive 2003/109 provides an exhaustive list of the situations in which Member States may derogate, as regards residence, from equal treatment between third-country nationals who are long-term residents and nationals. Accordingly, outside those situations, a difference in treatment between those two categories of persons is, in itself, an infringement of Article 11(1)(d) of that directive (see, to that effect, judgment of 25 November 2020, Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (Family benefits for long-term residents), C‑303/19, EU:C:2020:958, paragraph 23).
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