Brussels, 05/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a ruling on Thursday 5 March (Case C-388/07), the Court of Justice of the European Communities states that national legislation may depart from the ban on discrimination on grounds of age set out in the directive for the creation of a general framework in favour of equal treatment in employment and occupation (2000/78/EC) as long as the exemption is “a proportionate means to achieve a legitimate social policy objective related to employment policy,...