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Owned Museums and the Spanish Museum System, specificallyallowed for the treatment afforded to Spanish nationals to beextended to nationals of other Member States. According to theCommission, this argument could not be accepted. While forSpanish nationals the right of free admission stemmed directly fromthe Regulation, the granting of that advantage to foreigners requiresa decision of the Council of Ministers. At that time, however, theCouncil of Ministers had not made use of its power under Article 22(3) so only foreigners living in Spain and persons under 21 years ofage enjoyed free admission to Spanish museums. Did theconditions under which citizens of other Member States over theage of 21 were required to pay an entrance fee to Spanish museumsconstitute discrimination as prohibited under EU law?Yes, the conditions constituted direct discriminationYes, the conditions constituted indirect discriminationNoReferencesAltomonte, C., Nava, M. (2005). Economics and Policies of an Enlarged Europea.Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 1 84376 832 1Borchardt, K.D. (2016). The ABC of EU Law. Luxembourg: Publications Office of theEuropean Union.Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union (2020). Retrieved 29 May 2023,from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12016M/TXT.Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (2020).Retrieved 29 May 2023, from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12016E/TXT.El-Agraa, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87443-4Judgement of the Court of Justice of December 15, 1995 in case C-415/93 Unionroyale belge des soci%u00e9t%u00e9s de football association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman, Royalclub li%u00e9geois SA v Jean-Marc Bosman and others and Union des associationseurop%u00e9ennes de football (UEFA) v Jean-Marc Bosman.221 Citizen Commitment YES NO NO