65Admittedly, and as the Commission indeed itself observes, the Commission is required, during the administrative procedure, to respect the general principles of EU law (see Joined Cases T-25/95, T-26/95, T-30/95 to T-32/95, T-34/95 to T-39/95, T-42/95 to T-46/95, T-48/95, T-50/95 to T-65/95, T-68/95 to T-71/95, T-87/95, T-88/95, T-103/95 and T-104/95Cimenteries CBR and Others v Commission [2000] ECR II-491, paragraph 718 and the case-law cited), which include the right to a fair hearing laid down in Article 6 of the ECHR and Article 47 of the Charter, and of which the requirement of impartiality, which in the applicant’s submission has not been satisfied, constitutes an aspect.