83It should be recalled that the requirement of protection against arbitrary or disproportionate intervention by the public authorities in the sphere of private activities of any person, whether natural or legal, is recognised as a general principle of law of the European Union (judgments in Roquette Frères, paragraph 23 above, EU:C:2002:603, paragraph 27; of 14 November 2012 in Nexans France and Nexans v Commission, T‑135/09, ECR, EU:T:2012:596, paragraph 40; and in Prysmian and Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Energia v Commission, T‑140/09, EU:T:2012:597, paragraph 35).
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