Judgment_paragraph 35 · Nederlandse Federatieve Vereniging voor de Groothandel op Elektrotechnisch Gebied v Commission of the European Communities (C-105/04 P)

35Compliance with the reasonable time requirement in the conduct of administrative procedures relating to competition policy constitutes a general principle of Community law whose observance the Community judicature ensures (Case C-282/95 P Guérin automobiles v Commission [1997] ECR I-1503, paragraphs 36 and 37, and also Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij and Others v Commission, paragraphs 167 to 171).