48In that regard, the power to initiate infringement proceedings ex officio (see, to that effect, judgment of 31 January 2013 in Case C‑394/11 Belov, EU:C:2013:48, paragraph 47, and order of 14 November 2013 in Case C‑49/13 MF 7, EU:C:2013:767, paragraph 18) and the power to impose, also ex officio, penalties in matters within its jurisdiction (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 September 2020, Anesco and Others, C‑462/19, EU:C:2020:715, paragraph 44) constitute evidence that the body in question exercises not judicial but administrative functions.
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