40It will still be for the referring court, in the light of all the factors characteristic of the context in which that rule was adopted, to weigh up the interests at stake, taking into account, on the one hand, the fundamental rights and principles at issue, namely, in this case, the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion guaranteed by Article 10 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the corollary of which is the prohibition of any discrimination based on religion enshrined in Article 21 thereof and, on the other hand, the principle of neutrality pursuant to which the public administration concerned seeks to guarantee, by means of the said rule limited to the workplace, the users of its services and the members of its staff an administrative environment devoid of visible manifestations of beliefs, philosophical or religious in particular.
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