It was other means of achieving the employer's legitimate aim which were relevant not the means of achieving different aims. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
It was as if the Judges had their constitutional law text books out beside them: the Court began by identifying the existence of a «legitimate aim in the general interest». (europeanlawblog.eu)
The ECJ said that legitimate aims for the purpose of Art 6 had to have a public interest nature. (newlawjournal.co.uk)