Judgment_paragraph 70 · Qualcomm, Inc. and Qualcomm Europe, Inc. v European Commission (C-466/19 P)

70As regards the judicial review exercised by the EU judicature of the Commission’s finding that an item of information is necessary, the Court of Justice has held that necessity must be judged in relation to the purpose stated in the request for information, namely the suspected infringement which the Commission intends to investigate (see, to that effect, judgment of 10 March 2016, HeidelbergCement v Commission, C‑247/14 P, EU:C:2016:149, paragraphs 24 and 25). The requirement that a correlation must exist between the request for information and the suspected infringement is satisfied if the Commission could reasonably suppose, at the time of the request, that the information may help it to determine whether the infringement has taken place (see, to that effect, judgment of 19 May 1994, SEP v Commission, C‑36/92 P, EU:C:1994:205, paragraph 21).