86As the General Court rightly recalled, in essence, in paragraph 93 of the order under appeal, the reasonableness of the length of proceedings cannot be determined by reference to a precise maximum limit determined in an abstract manner. It must be assessed in the light of all of the circumstances specific to each case, in particular, the importance of the case for the person concerned, its complexity, the various procedural steps the EU institution has followed and the conduct of the parties during the proceedings. In that regard, the list of relevant criteria is not exhaustive and the assessment of the reasonableness of a period does not require a systematic examination, by the EU judicature, of the circumstances of the case in the light of each of those criteria (see, to that effect, judgments of 26 November 2013, Groupe Gascogne v Commission, C‑58/12 P, EU:C:2013:770, paragraphs 85 and 86, and of 5 June 2018, Kolev and Others, C‑612/15, EU:C:2018:392, paragraph 72).
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