Judgment_paragraph 144 · Printeos, SA and Others v European Commission (T-466/17)

144In that regard, it must be noted first that, at the hearing, the applicants repeatedly confirmed that they were not challenging the legality of the fines imposed on the other undertakings concerned which had become final, including the legality of the fine imposed on GPV. Secondly, even if the more favourable and objectively unjustified treatment of GPV is unlawful, it should be recalled that respect for the principle of equal treatment must be reconciled with respect for the principle of legality, according to which a person may not rely, in support of his claim, on an unlawful act committed in favour of a third party (judgments of 5 December 2013, Solvay v Commission, C‑455/11 P, not published, EU:C:2013:796, paragraph 109; of 16 June 2016, Evonik Degussa and AlzChem v Commission, C‑155/14 P, EU:C:2016:446, paragraph 58; and of 14 September 2017, LG Electronics and Koninklijke Philips Electronics v Commission, C‑588/15 P and C‑622/15 P, EU:C:2017:679, paragraph 91).

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