190The applicants, referring both to Article 6(2) of the Treaty on European Union and to the Court's case-law (Case 29/69 Stauder [1969] ECR 419; Case 11/70 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft [1970] ECR 1125 and Case 4/73 Nold v Commission [1974] ECR 491, paragraph 13), maintain that the contested regulation infringes their fundamental rights, in particular their right to the use of their property and the right to a fair hearing, as guaranteed by Article 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), inasmuch as that regulation imposes on them heavy sanctions, both civil and criminal, although they had not first been heard or given the opportunity to defend themselves, nor had that act been subjected to any judicial review whatsoever.
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