Judgment_paragraph 76 · Goldfish BV and Others v European Commission (T-54/14)

76In addition, there is no provision in EU law that expressly prohibits evidence obtained unlawfully, for example in breach of fundamental rights, from being taken into account in judicial proceedings (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 July 2008, Franchet and Byk v Commission, T‑48/05, EU:T:2008:257, paragraph 75), and, in general terms, it is apparent from the case-law set out in paragraphs 42 to 55 above that, in contrast to the applicants’ assertions, there is no principle that prevents evidence obtained unlawfully from being used in an investigation or in judicial proceedings.