23In that context, the Court has stated that the severity of penalties must be commensurate with the seriousness of the infringements for which they are imposed, in particular by ensuring a genuinely dissuasive effect, while respecting the general principle of proportionality (see judgments in Asociația Accept, C‑81/12, EU:C:2013:275, paragraph 63, and LCL Le Crédit Lyonnais, C‑565/12, EU:C:2014:190, paragraph 45).
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