50In that regard, it must be specified that, according to the case-law referred to in paragraphs 36 and 49 above, that requirement applies, without exception, to all of the penalties imposed cumulatively and, therefore, to both the duplication of penalties of the same kind and the combination of penalties of a different kind, such as financial penalties and custodial sentences. The mere fact that the competent authorities intend to impose penalties of a different kind cannot exempt them from the obligation to ensure that the severity of all of the penalties imposed does not exceed the seriousness of the offence identified, failing which the principle of proportionality would be infringed.
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