Judgment_paragraph 62 · Asociaţia Accept v Consiliul Naţional pentru Combaterea Discriminării (C-81/12)

62In proceedings in which an association empowered by law to that effect seeks a finding of discrimination, within the meaning of Article 2(2) of Directive 2000/78, and the imposition of a sanction, the sanctions that Article 17 of Directive 2000/78 requires to be laid down in national law must also be effective, proportionate and dissuasive, regardless of whether there is an identifiable victim (see, by analogy, Feryn, paragraphs 38 and 40).