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The definition of discrimination provided by Article 4 of the Law on Protection against Discrimination fully complies with Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000, implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, and Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation. According to Article 4 (1) of the LPD "any direct or indirect discrimination based on sex, race, nationality, ethnicity, human genome, citizenship, origin, religion or belief, education, views, political allegiance, personal or social status, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, property status, or on any other ground, established by law or an international treaty whereto the Republic of Bulgaria is a party, shall be prohibited". According to Article 4 (2) of the LPD "direct discrimination means the treatment of someone less favourably than another person is, has been or would be treated in a comparable situation, on any of the grounds referred to in Article 4 (1)." According to Article 4 (3) "indirect discrimination means any case where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would put a person, on the grounds referred to in Article 4 (1), at a particular disadvantage compared to other individuals, unless that provision, criterion or practice is objectively justified by a legitimate aim, and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary".