Judgment_paragraph 42 · Technische Unie BV v Commission of the European Communities (C-113/04 P)

42Contrary to TU's allegation, the Court of First Instance drew a distinction, for the purposes of the application of the ‘reasonable time’ principle, between the two phases of the administrative procedure, namely the investigation phase preceding the statement of objections and the phase corresponding to the remainder of the administrative procedure (see paragraph 78 of the judgment under appeal).