Judgment_paragraph 73 · E.ON Energie AG v European Commission (C-89/11 P)

73According to the Court’s case‑law, the principle of the presumption of innocence applies to the procedures relating to infringements of the competition rules applicable to undertakings that may result in the imposition of fines or periodic penalty payments (see, to that effect, Case C-199/92 P Hüls v Commission [1999] ECR I-4287, paragraphs 149 and 150, and Montecatini v Commission, paragraphs 175 and 176).