Judgment_paragraph 59 · Pometon SpA v European Commission (C-440/19 P)

59The principle of impartiality, which is part of the right to good administration, must be distinguished from the principle of the presumption of innocence, which applies, having regard to the nature of the infringements in question and to the nature and degree of severity of the ensuing penalties, to the procedures relating to infringements of the competition rules applicable to undertakings that may result in the imposition of fines or periodic penalty payments (judgments of 8 July 1999, Hüls v Commission, C‑199/92 P, EU:C:1999:358, paragraph 150, and of 22 November 2012, E.ON Energie v Commission, C‑89/11 P, EU:C:2012:738, paragraph 73).