Judgment_paragraph 40 · Jungbunzlauer AG v Commission of the European Communities (T-43/02)

40Jungbunzlauer adds that, according to the settled case-law of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, any Community provision laying down penalties, whether of a criminal nature or not (Case 117/83 Könecke [1984] ECR 3291, paragraph 11, and Case 137/85 Maizena [1987] ECR 4587, paragraph 15), must respect the principle of legality as a corollary to the principle of legal certainty (Case 29/69 Stauder [1969] ECR 419, paragraph 7; Case C-143/93 Van Es Douane Agenten [1996] ECR I-431, paragraph 27; Joined Cases C-74/95 and C-129/95 Criminal proceedings against X [1996] ECR I-6609, paragraph 25; and Case T-112/98 Mannesmannröhren-Werke v Commission [2001] ECR II-729, paragraph 59 et seq.).