260It should be pointed out that, according to settled case-law, in setting fines such as those at issue in the present case, the Commission is bound to comply with the general principles of law, in particular the principles of equal treatment and proportionality, as developed by the case-law of the Courts of the European Union (judgments of 5 April 2006, Degussa v Commission, T‑279/02, ECR, EU:T:2006:103, paragraphs 77 and 79, and of 8 October 2008, Schunk and Schunk Kohlenstoff-Technik v Commission, T‑69/04, ECR, EU:T:2008:415, paragraph 41). In particular, the principle of proportionality requires that the measures adopted by the institutions must not exceed what is appropriate and necessary for attaining the objective pursued (judgments of 27 September 2006, Jungbunzlauer v Commission, T‑43/02, ECR, EU:T:2006:270, paragraph 226, and Prym and Prym Consumer v Commission, cited in paragraph 213 above, EU:T:2007:267, paragraph 223).
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