Judgment_paragraph 25 · Scottish Football Association v Commission of the European Communities (T-46/92)

25The applicant essentially bases this plea on the assertion that in the factual circumstances of this case the Commission acted disproportionately and excessively in relation to the applicant's conduct by threatening it, in a formal decision, with the imposition of penalties when it could have achieved its objective by simply asking it, if necessary by telephone, to supplement the answers already given in its letter of 14 January 1992. As the Court of Justice held in its judgment in Case 8/55 Fédération Charbonnière de Belgique v High Authority [1954 to 1956] ECR245, respect for the principle of proportionality is particularly important in cases which involve the imposition of penalties.

Scottish Football Association v Commission of the European Communities (T-46/92)

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