I henhold til artikel 2, stk. 2, i direktiv 2000/78/EF(2) er der tale om forskelsbehandling, hvis en person på grund af bl.a. sin alder "behandles ringere, end en anden i en tilsvarende situation ".
Article 2.2 of Directive 2000/78/EC(2) deems discrimination to have occurred ‘where one person is treated less favourably than another is’, inter alia on grounds of age.