Judgment_paragraph 72 · Jungbunzlauer AG v Commission of the European Communities (T-43/02)

72Likewise it is clear from settled case-law that this principle must be observed in relation to provisions of a criminal nature as well as specific administrative instruments imposing or permitting the imposition of administrative penalties (see Maizena, paragraph 40 above, paragraphs 14 and 15, and case-law cited) and that it applies not only to provisions establishing the elements which constitute an offence, but also to those specifying the consequences arising from an offence (see, to that effect, Criminal proceedings against X, paragraph 40 above, paragraphs 22 and 25).