197The principle ne bis in idem, which is a general principle of EU law, compliance with which is ensured by the Courts of the European Union and under which the same person cannot be sanctioned more than once for a single unlawful course of conduct designed to protect the same legal interest (see, to that effect, judgment of 7 January 2004, Aalborg Portland and Others v Commission, C‑204/00 P, C‑205/00 P, C‑211/00 P, C‑213/00 P, C‑217/00 P and C‑219/00 P, EU:C:2004:6, paragraph 338), is applicable in respect of sanctions for unlawful conduct (judgment of 27 September 2012, Italy v Commission, T‑257/10, not published, EU:T:2012:504, paragraph 41).
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